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Monday, September 05, 2005
FEMA Refuses Help Left and Right
Just the tip of the iceberg, I'm sure:
FEMA won't accept Amtrak's help in evacuations
FEMA turns away experienced firefighters
FEMA turns back Wal-Mart supply trucks
FEMA prevents Coast Guard from delivering diesel fuel
FEMA blocks 500-boat citizen flotilla from delivering aid
FEMA turns away generators (See entry from 3:32 P.M. by Ben Morris, Slidell mayor)
FEMA: "First Responders Urged Not To Respond"
Federal troops deny access to save historic documents
Aquarium animals, fish dying due to generator burnout
Tip of the hat to DavidNYC at Kos.
Watch full coverage of this story by Amy Goodman's Democracy Now! (REAL video).
September 5, 2005 at 02:36 PM in Current Affairs | Permalink
Comments
You beat me to the post.... but here's this, just incase people think we're being ALL partisan here. Posted already.
In a sign of the political pressure facing Bush, Mississippi Republican Sen. Trent Lott, a former Senate majority leader, said he has been battling the Federal Emergency Management Agency and its Mississippi counterpart for help for his state and urged Bush to cut red tape.
After a one-on-one meeting with Bush in Poplarville, Lott said: "I am demanding help for the people of Mississippi to recover from the devastation of Hurricane Katrina."
Posted by: Greg Burton | Sep 5, 2005 4:43:04 PM
