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A good round-up of FEMA/DHS blocking help

category international | miscellaneous | other press author Monday September 05, 2005 23:24author by reader

organised incompetence?

good round-up of fema blocking help
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/9/5/16455/30830

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 won't let Red Cross deliver food

FEMA bars morticians from entering New Orleans

FEMA blocks 500-boat citizen flotilla from delivering aid

FEMA fails to utilize Navy ship with 600-bed hospital on board

FEMA to Chicago: Send just one truck

FEMA: "First Responders Urged Not To Respond"

all further expanded and the list goes on

That last one sounds like an Onion headline, but, believe it or not, it's straight from FEMA's website.



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