Katrina Response Mismanagement

[Scrooge McSam]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

Scrooge mentions that no city can handle its own forced evacuation. How, then, are the feds to do it? The feds have no right to do it,

Wrong! Read the FEMA charter.

Originally Posted by scaeagles

and in fact weren't asked to help in the evacuation.

Why in the hell does the FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY need to be asked to assist with an EMERGENCY situation that they have been placed in charge of?

We had a national disaster looking us in the face, one that could have been avoided with some federal government investment that never came, one that threatened to cost hundreds of live at least, threatened to destroy 1/4 of our NATIONAL natural gas supply network, threatened to destroy 1/5 of our NATIONAL petroleum supply network and threatened to cripple the NATION'S LARGEST INLAND PORT.

And you prattle on about how it's a local issue?

Originally Posted by scaeagles

I have a vague recollection that some help was requested 12 hours or so before it hit, but that's enough time?

Where do you get this stuff?

Blanco started the process of involving the fed on August 27th in a letter delivered to the President.

That's 2 days, Leo, not 12 hours.

The President actually declared a state of emergency on August 28th, a day later, clearing the way for FEMA to step in.

There is a very clear cut chain of events that must take place, and those events transpired, no matter how Bush's minions have tried to paint it.

Originally Posted by scaeagles

I would guess using the literally hundreds of busses might have been a good way to start helping those who couldn't get out.

It would have. I'm sure state and local officials will answer for that.