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

[timiathan.livejournal.com]

re: the latter story -- it's not just firefighters they're giving silly jobs to, they've got EMTs passing out 1-800-FEMA fliers, too. A friend of mine is an EMT from upstate NY, her crew has a ton of search and rescue experience from 9/11, and they all drove down there (sans her, as she's in med school now) expecting the same type of gig, but instead are passing out phone numbers to people who no longer have phones. I guess they're all really pissed.

[jamie]

No. The one you want to see is this:

Executed Absolutely Flawlessly

[drfardook.livejournal.com]

FEMA has left international aid sitting on their thumbs as well according to a member of the Institute for Policy Studies:
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/09/08/142233

This includes cuban doctors who deal with hurricanes all the time and swedes who were ready to set up water purification and cell phone systems.

I Hope..

[mystrys.livejournal.com]

you don't mind my linking your post :)! Thanks for the updates and for opening our eyes!! -Mystrys

Re: I Hope..

[rm.livejournal.com]

No problem.

[don-negro.livejournal.com]

You want to read this timeline. Unless you've eaten recently.

http://www.livejournal.com/users/redjenn93/444005.html#cutid1

[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)

[y-llor.livejournal.com]

The first story might have been the worst story I've read from the disaster. I'm going to link to it because people need to see it.

[rm.livejournal.com]

Agreed. I had seen a part of it earlier, but only the first section about the buses that never came, when I saw the whole thing I flipped.

[empressdaleth.livejournal.com]

thank you for compiling these