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[xiphias]

Is it possible that FEMA was under orders to be part of the problem rather than part of the solution? Or, at least, set up deliberately so that it could ONLY be part of the problem? I mean, FEMA used to help people, under a Democratic administration.

More to the point, I'd personally like to see people starting talking about how the Department of Homeland Security turned back trucks, refused aid, and kept people from evacuating the city, rather than FEMA. 'Cause FEMA, right now, is part of DHS, so I like to think of this as the Department of Homeland Security, not FEMA. When FEMA was its own agency, it didn't act like this. Therefore, this is DHS.

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[bandraoi.livejournal.com]

I did see an article last week where former FEMA higher-ups were basically saying that the people running what FEMA has become (scaled down, with one of their traditional three response teams cut out completely, and with three of every four dollars they get earmarked specifically for terrorism threats and not the natural disasters which were their raison d'etre) have absolutely NO idea what they're doing.