FEMA head relieved of hurricane responsibilities

bubba · Post by **bubba** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 12:46 pm

CTV.ca News Staff

Federal Emergency Management Agency director Michael Brown, who has been fiercely criticized over the agency's response to Hurricane Katrina, is being pulled off relief operations in the area.

"I have directed Mike Brown to return to administering FEMA nationally," Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff told a news conference in Baton Rouge on Friday, where he was accompanied by Brown.

Brown is being sent back to Washington from Baton Rouge, where he was the primary official overseeing the federal government's response to the relief effort.

Now, he will be replaced by Vice Admiral Thad W. Allen, chief of staff of the U.S. Coast Guard, who was overseeing New Orleans relief and rescue efforts, according to The Associated Press.

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-mogwai · Post by **-mogwai** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 12:58 pm

rightly so!

Sovereign · Post by **Sovereign** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 9:44 pm

From what I heard, this "head" of FEMA was some guy who likes horse racing and has no background in emergency management whatsoever! Yet another example of some politician giving a job to a friend and not checking to see if that friend actually has the qualifications for the job.

-mogwai · Post by **-mogwai** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 9:52 pm

dude, who in this administration actually IS qualified for their position? honestly...

the closest this administration can come to having a qualified person on post is condoleezza rice.... that's pretty sad.

there's no wonder why everything's going wrong in this administration so far...

Bio-Hazard · Post by **Bio-Hazard** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 11:02 pm

Almost any of the retired military generals as of late are the most qualified to do the job and do it right as you have just seen. but as a rule, the american public dosen't like having military in charge of anything, they feel threatened.

Sovereign · Post by **Sovereign** » Sat Sep 10, 2005 7:46 am

Well now we have a Coast Guard admiral running the show, see how that goes...

Bio-Hazard · Post by **Bio-Hazard** » Sat Sep 10, 2005 8:31 am

It should go just fine, that's one of the Coast Guards main funtions........

Merlin · Post by **Merlin** » Sat Sep 10, 2005 11:46 am

audiophile wrote:there's no wonder why everything's going wrong in this administration so far...

So make your list of "Everything" so we can discuss what you claim is a complete failure with actuall facts and not just you talking.

infinitevalence · Post by **infinitevalence** » Sat Sep 10, 2005 1:32 pm

http://www.google.com

type in "failure" and hit "I feel lucky"

need i say more

Merlin · Post by **Merlin** » Sat Sep 10, 2005 2:28 pm

LOL now that is funny. But a clever link on Google is hardly what I was asking Audio for here.

-mogwai · Post by **-mogwai** » Sat Sep 10, 2005 2:53 pm

http://www.thousandreasons.org/

there you go.