Obama's Response to Louisana Flooding compared with Bush and Katrina

[GMDino]

(08-19-2016, 10:01 PM)Benton Wrote: https://training.fema.gov/emiweb/downloads/clair%20rubin%20-%20wp1.pdf
http://www.emergencymgmt.com/emergency-blogs/campus/9_11-Transformed-Emergency-Management-091011.html



https://www.hsaj.org/articles/174

Theres more out there if you're interested. But, basically, in the post-9/11 lunacy, FEMA was intertwined with all the other government bloat (pre-Katrina). The same people guiding and coordinating military intelligence were suddenly tasked with responding to earthquakes and floods. On top of all the other duties, it made it impossible to react efficiently with that arm. The same way information on a flagged terror suspect sets on someones desk until it gets sent to the right department, action plans for ice storms and tornadoes wait around for someone to sign off on them.

The only thing I can say has improved is the preventative grant going to municipalities for gemerators, clean water supplies, tornado shelters, etc. But almost all that money was gone a few years ago.

Not to mention putting a buddy in charge who had no chance of handling the job.

But then it was GW who did it so.....