Tag Archives: FEMA
no thing is good thing
two quick things. because everybody’s going to have, and likely already has had, something to say about this fiasco. first there’s the recent revelation that FEMA held a fake news conference on Oct. 23, in which FEMA employees posed as reporters, asking softball questions about the agency’s response to the California fires. whitehouse spokeschick Dana Perino [...]
a practical question
“mandatory evacuation” is easy to say, but evidently not so easy to implement. right now, it’s also the easiest supposed “failure of local leadership” for right-wing fingers to point at. sorry about the dangling preposition, but i’m too focused on the rules of logic to care about rules of grammar. but let’s look practically at [...]
FEMA in brief
Hurricane Pam: On March 1, 2003, FEMA became part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. FEMA’s continuing mission within the new department is to lead the effort to prepare the nation for all hazards and effectively manage federal response and recovery efforts following any national incident. FEMA also initiates proactive mitigation activities, trains first [...]
a few quick questions
1. WHERE THE HELL IS TOM RIDGE??? as pathetic as the performance of ‘brownie’, chertoff, and bush during this NATIONAL CRISIS has been, DHS/FEMA drilled for ‘Hurricane Pam‘ for five days last year – could they really have learned nothing? isn’t Tom Ridge the obvious guy to ask?? so why isn’t anyone asking him? 2. WHERE IS IEM? [...]
