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Originally posted by DeltAlum
I think it's somewhat damning that leigions of media and equipment were able to get into the disaster zones in a timely manner, but the military was not.
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This is the exact question I have been asking all week and I still cannot figure out an answer. I understand food and water had to be mobilized and put in trucks and such to come into the NOLA area, but why not sooner? Was it coming all the way from DC??
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The stories of aid in people and material being turned down -- and they are numerous -- are beyond belief.
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Right now there is a story on CNN about a mobile hospital that can't even get down there because it's stuck in red tape. (see link
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If what i have read is correct, FEMA is now a body of the Office of Homeland Security. Which means in the event of a terrorist attack, FEMA would still be called upon for the response. FEMA is responsible to respond to natural desasters too. Why should the response time be any different? Would it be?
I won't apologize for this sounding like a rant. It should. I'm outraged, and I hope you are too. And if not, why not? People are dying. People are dead. Doesn't that bother you?