more reasons to be angry

[rm]

http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/006754.html
via pecunium

http://cms.firehouse.com/content/article/article.jsp?sectionId=55&id=44493
via zarq

and via most of LJ:

FEMA won't accept Amtrak's help in evacuations
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/84aa35cc-1da8-11da-b40b-00000e..

FEMA turns away experienced firefighters
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/9/5/105538/7048

FEMA turns back Wal-Mart supply trucks
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/05/national/nationalspec..

FEMA prevents Coast Guard from delivering diesel fuel
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/05/national/nationalspec..

FEMA won't let Red Cross deliver food
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05246/565143.stm

FEMA bars morticians from entering New Orleans
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=15147862&BRD=...

FEMA blocks 500-boat citizen flotilla from delivering aid
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/9/3/171718/0826

FEMA fails to utilize Navy ship with 600-bed hospital on board
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0509..

FEMA to Chicago: Send just one truck
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-050902dale..

FEMA turns away generators
http://www.wwltv.com/local/stories/WWLBLOG.ac3fcea.html

FEMA: "First Responders Urged Not To Respond"
http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=18470

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Also, in trivial matters, now that we have 1 million environmental refugees roaming about, can we uncancel Carnivale?

Comments

[splodgenoodles.livejournal.com]

It really does defy belief. It really does. This level of incompetence reeks of corruption. There'll always be one or two fuck ups in a logistical nightmare like this, but this many???

I know it's a different situation, a smaller population and all, but we also had an equally small population and fewer resources to deal with the situation:

Cyclone Tracy. Worth mentioning if for no other reason than our Prime Minister flew there as soon as he got the news and they got straight on to dealing with the public health and housing issues. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone_tracy)