Bush’s Crony Ignored Katrina Warnings

8:12 pm EST December 7th, 2005 | Uncategorized | 7 Comments

Bush appointee Mike Brown’s murderous legacy grows

Back in 2004, an 11-page memo to Michael Brown, former head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, described response teams that were not prepared and were getting  zero funding for training, exercise or team equipment.

The national responders  provide the only practical, expeditious option for the (FEMA) director to field a cohesive team of his best people to handle the next big one, wrote William Carwile, who was FEMA s federal coordinating officer.

As for the plans that response teams use during an emergency, Carwile wrote:  Revision should be a priority since not one word of response doctrine … has been published in over two years.

Carwile told Senate aides in a meeting this week that his memo largely was ignored at FEMA s headquarters, as were four budget requests over an 18-month period for money for the teams. He said each team needed about $1.2 million for training and equipment, according to an aide who attended the meeting.

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7 Responses to “Bush’s Crony Ignored Katrina Warnings”

  1. JD says:
    December 7, 2005 at 11:12 pm

    I always enjoy how the pithy titles to Oliver’s posts so rarely actually match the substance of the article contained therein.

  2. John S. says:
    December 8, 2005 at 8:12 am

    What I love even more are how the pithy comments by the more conservative posters rarely actually match the content of Oliver’s posts.

  3. factcheck says:
    December 8, 2005 at 9:12 am

    The title

    FEMA chief was given dire warning in 2004
    Brown was told response teams were not prepared for ‘next big one’

    I also noticed that in your response, it was ignored that Gov. Blanco was actually retrieving items from her own home when the FEMA operative opined that she was “napping”.

  4. JD says:
    December 8, 2005 at 9:12 am

    Alright then, John So., please do explain how the substance of the article O-Dub linked to refereneced Mike Brown’s murderous legacy. And in doing so, please explain how if you read that article that he linked to, that Governor Blanco’s nap wasn’t referenced.

  5. connecting*the*dots says:
    December 8, 2005 at 2:12 pm

    Katrina: The Gift That Keeps On Giving

    Clayton James Cubitt is living in a world of shit. His mother evacuated New Orleans when Katrina hit and lost everything, including the trailer she lived in, which Clayton bought for her. Now FEMA refuses to provide grant money because

  6. Katrina: The Gift That Keeps On Giving at connecting*the*dots says:
    December 16, 2005 at 5:12 pm

    [...] and lost everything, including the trailer she lived in, which Clayton bought for her. Now FEMA refuses to provide grant money to her because the trailer is in [...]

  7. Andrew Yu-Jen Wang says:
    October 9, 2008 at 8:09 pm

    George W. Bush’s sentence-by-sentence speaking skills are deteriorating. Apparently, this may be due to a mental illness called “presenile dementia.” Bush may or may not be secretly still drinking heavily. Bush lied, and thousands of people died. Bush suffers from narcissism and megalomania. Moreover, Bush has been arrested three times. Bush was arrested for disorderly conduct. Bush was arrested for stealing. Bush was also arrested for a serious crime—driving under the influence of alcohol. Bush is guilty of criminal negligence relative to the response to Hurricane Katrina. There are reasons to believe that Bush suffers from a learning disability. Bush’s learning disability would explain a lot of things. All in all, Bush is a severely mentally ill individual. Bush is not fit to be the president of the United States.

    Bush should be locked up.

    Submitted by Andrew Yu-Jen Wang
    B.S., Summa Cum Laude, 1996
    Messiah College, Grantham, PA