Well Bush and his cronyism has totally destroyed a federal agency and that is messed up: The nation’s disaster response agency should be abolished and rebuilt from scratch to avoid a repeat of multiple government failures exposed by Hurricane Katrina, a Senate inquiry has concluded. Crippled by years of poor leadership and inadequate funding, the […]
Looks like Captain Duct Tape and Plastic could become the permanent head of FEMA: With hurricane season two months away, President George W. Bush is likely to nominate the acting director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, David Paulison, as his permanent choice to head the agency, a Republican official said on Sunday. Paulison, a […]
From the Washington Post Sunday, March 5, 2006; A04 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows: FOX NEWS SUNDAY (WTTG), 9 a.m.: Gen. Peter Pace , chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. David Johnson , director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and former Federal Emergency Management Agency director […]
Well we get another report blasting the White House on Katrina: A chastised Homeland Security Director Michael Chertoff sparred with senators of both parties on Wednesday as he acknowledged “many lapses” in his agency’s response to Hurricane Katrina. Chertoff told the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs that he would do things differently […]
On the morning that Michael Brown has threatened to tell all to Senate regarding the Katrina failures, the New York Times publishes a story that shows Bush’s first reactions to the storm were based upon lies: WASHINGTON, Feb. 9  In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Bush administration officials said they had been caught by […]
Tornado season is just around the corner and then we get back into hurricane season. During the off season, Washington had a great time frame to right some wrongs that were exposed during Katrina. Instead they have chosen to not cooperate with Capital Hill in investigating the failures. Now we might here even more details […]
Seems former FEMA head Michael Brown has had a change of opinion into the failures of Katrina and has a new person to blame. You will never guess who it is now: MAMMOTH LAKES, Calif. — Former FEMA Director Michael Brown said Wednesday that he deserved much of the blame for the government’s failures […]
From Raw Story CBS News says Michael Brown rehired as FEMA consultant CBS News’ Bob Schieffer just announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency has rehired ex-FEMA chief Michael Brown– as a consultant to evaluate the agency’s response to the disaster! From CBS’s Katrina blog: “Sept. 26, 2005 /6:44 p.m. (CBS)  CBS News correspondent […]
Raw Story is reporting the following: Paper: Internal docs show feds ‘bungled’ Katrina response RAW STORY As the director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency stepped down yesterday, government documents surfaced showing that vital resources, such as buses and environmental health specialists, weren’t deployed to the Gulf region for several days, even after federal officials […]
Brown resignation update view theReuters FEMA chief Brown resigns in wake of Katrina WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Michael Brown, under fire and recalled to Washington in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, resigned on Monday, senior administration officials said on Monday. Under fire for a slow response to Hurricane Katrina, Brown was […]