He'll probably get a cushy job with Halliburton-KBR

9/12/2005 3:07:22 PM

wherever it is, he'll fuck it up.

9/12/2005 3:07:55 PM

He was allowed to resign. That was nice of them ... someone still liked him at least a little.

[Edited on September 12, 2005 at 4:56 PM. Reason : *sigh*]

9/12/2005 4:56:13 PM

BUT OMF

THE FEDERAL RESPONSE WAS FASTER THAN IT WAS FOR HUGO!

9/12/2005 5:47:37 PM

MY HOUSE FLOATED DOWN THE STREET DURING HUGO

9/12/2005 7:23:23 PM

Quote :

"It wasn't enough Although the head of FEMA, Michael Brown, had no previous emergency management experience, it was reported that he had stayed at a Holiday Inn Express. Guy Towne Raleigh"

http://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/letters/story/2794449p-9234868c.html

haha

9/13/2005 12:26:11 PM

gold

9/13/2005 12:35:11 PM

^^LMAO, that's great.

9/13/2005 1:26:51 PM

I meant to put this in with my other post, but it was past editing time. Our new FEMA chief is the
"duct tape guy." He basically said that duct tape will help you from feeling the effects of a chemical attack. However, unlike Brown, this guy does have emergency experience, so maybe we're getting somewhere.


http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/02/11/emergency.supplies/

Quote :

"Duct tape sales rise amid terror fears From Jeanne Meserve CNN Tuesday, February 11, 2003 Posted: 7:35 PM EST (0035 GMT) WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Americans have apparently heeded the U.S. government's advice to prepare for terror attacks, emptying hardware store shelves of duct tape. On Tuesday, less than 24 hours after U.S. Fire Administrator David Paulison described a list of useful items, stores in the greater Washington, D.C. area reported a surge in sales of plastic sheeting, duct tape, and other emergency items. These items, Paulison said, can be helpful after a biological, chemical or radiological attack. A Lowe's hardware store in Alexandria, Virginia, said every roll of duct tape has been sold. Another Alexandria Home Depot store reported sales of duct tape tripled overnight. "Everything that was on that newscast, we are selling a lot of it," said Rich Pierce with a Home Depot in the D.C. area. In his advisory, Paulison recommended that households have on hand three days worth of water and food; an emergency supply kit for both home and automobile; radios with extra batteries; and plastic sheeting and duct tape to seal windows and doors. (What to do) With concerns growing about al Qaeda's interest in acquiring weapons of mass destruction, Paulison cautioned that aid after an attack could be hard to come by, at least initially. He said that in the first 48 to 72 hours of an emergency, many Americans will likely to have to look after themselves.(Red Cross on preparedness) If an attack occurs, Paulison said, households should tune in to local media outlets and not evacuate unless they are told to do so. President Bush's Homeland Security Council raised the national threat level from yellow to orange on Friday. Orange indicates a "high" risk of terrorist attack, and yellow indicates an "elevated" risk. The level was raised in part because of a high amount of "chatter" being intercepted by intelligence agencies. When the Department of Homeland Security urged Americans on Monday to take steps to prepare for a possible attack, it said the advice was intended not as a "dire" warning but as cautionary advice. "

9/13/2005 2:33:28 PM

Ollie North?

9/13/2005 2:53:53 PM

I thought it was funny.

9/13/2005 4:30:11 PM

::crickets chirping::

9/13/2005 4:32:11 PM

9/13/2005 4:36:23 PM

Looks like Chertoff should have been the one to resign.

Quote :

"WASHINGTON - The federal official with the power to mobilize a massive federal response to Hurricane Katrina was Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, not the former FEMA chief who was relieved of his duties and resigned earlier this week, federal documents reviewed by Knight Ridder show. In the days before the storm struck the Gulf Coast, Chertoff could have ordered federal agencies into action without any request from state or local officials. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) chief Michael Brown had only limited authority to do so until about 36 hours after the storm hit, when Chertoff designated him as the ``principal federal official'' in charge of the storm."

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/12640351.htm

9/15/2005 9:03:02 AM

take your chertoff, twist it round your head like a helicopter?

9/15/2005 9:07:15 AM

^^ ahhh, so everyone on the national level who could do something should have done something. but its OK if no one on the local level does anything... got it

9/15/2005 9:40:55 AM