What are your views and opinons on the FEMA news?
473897
I believe that they are a waste of money for the government. One of the other government groups can do a better job then what they have been doing
461287
They were WARNED that they MUST evacuate.  Busses were running full time to get people out, yet so many refused to leave.  Some were on the news dancing in the streets of the French Quarter as the storm approached.  After the storm, they all ran for the Superdome, and there were not enough supplies for the additional people, so that screwed the people who originally went to be sheltered there.  Something else angers me: The National Guard gets blamed for not responding, but the storm was over Tuesday, and TV cameras broadcast National Guard at the airport on Thursday.  This pretty enlisted female told the reporter that they arrived Wednesday, and were setting up relief.\n\nThen cops are out there looting Wal Mart (caught on video).  It would have been one thing if they were getting food, but, well you know the rest of the story.  \n\nPeople cry for the idiots in New Orleans (no, the ones who evacuated are NOT idiots), while Rita pretty much levelled some towns in Southwest Louisiana.  Places where there were towns were now just a bunch of cement foundations.  One person found their house a few miles away.  Nobody even talks about these people--Mississippi gets more attention.
664951
You can get a lot of information from http://www.fema.gov/
142026
Thank you for offering to help!\n\nFirst, we've got to get our government off its lazy, money grubbing butt.  It has to make the decision to move the trailers and then implement that decision.  Time is wasting away and there are hurricane victims in desparate need of housing -- Some of them are being evicted from their temporary hotel housing now.\n\nTo kick 'em into gear, write your senators and your congressman.  Tell them that you are deeply dissapointed that the trailers are just sitting, doing nobody any good.  Then, get your friends and family to start writing letters.  Have your friends and family get their friends to write.  Write to your local TV and radio stations and tell them that you, your friends and your family are writing and that you would appreciate it if they would get the word out to others.\n\nThis has become the highest order of incompetency.  I understand the rule about not setting up temporary housing in a flood plain, but give me a break!  I would hope that our government would at least be embarrassed into action by now!\n\nSorry for the rant and thank you for giving me the opportunity to say something in another forum.
755114
I have been thinking about this, because I do believe we will be attacked again.  Actually, I think we are attacked in small ways lots of times but they put it off with some sort of explanation.\n\nI think the government cannot control everything and the bureaucrats are too busy worrying about the war in Iraq to pay attention here.  A lot of inept people in Washington and in government are not doing their jobs, i.e.: FEMA\n\nI am going to get a firearm to protect myself.   I live near a whole bunch of refineries and I can just see them all going up in a chain of events because the all line the Gulf Coat and it is easy to bring a boat in here and no one notices.\n\nAlso, during the hurricanes there were lots of crimes being committed and no one really broadcast what went on.  We need to protect ourselves because in an emergency situation the government is not going to be of help\n\nI oppose martial law because it is just an excuse for crazy cops and nutter military people to shoot innocent civilians
1004578
I think the weather is off because, I don't think that the news is the greatest thing for the weather. One time they said it was going to rain, I was excited, but dissappointed. I wonder when did they decide to be the foretellers of the world. Maybe everysince they've started showing the news; now their inaccuracies are on the internet. Too bad for the people. But I say good job on the forecast on the Katrina and the hurricanes that they've warned people about in advanced, you have to give them that.
37848
How could you possibly say no? Would your city be worth rebuilding? Political corruption? You think New Orleans is the only city that has run into a few issues? Dare we look into the corruption of our own cities? Or are we just lucky enough to have not been hit by a natural disaster so that we don't have our city plastered all over the media? \n\nFolks........forget what you see on the media. Please think of the people that live there. Forget how the media portrayed some of the people. Reactions during a disaster are not our common behaviors. Survival instincts kick in. \n\nYes.....it is MORE than worth rebuilding. And we should be coming together to do it...not righteously condemning a city which we all know is symbolic of much of America these days. \n\n*steps off soap box*
223540
Man that is going to be a touchy subject. I am in Houston and I have friends and family on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.\nSo I have seen the devastation and the destruction and the free loading first hand.\nLet me fist say that not everyone in N.O. needs a hand out. Some are good honest people and had the sense God gave a fly to get out of dodge before the storm. They will do so again. The ones that did not are the problem..\nDid they learn their lesson the first time - we will see?\n\nHowever!... If they choose to go back and it is a choice. I.E. There are a LOT of N.O. residents that are now residents of H town that are not going back.\nAnyway... If they choose to go back it should be at their peril.\nContrary to what "lynn" thinks. The Government does not owe them anything. That has been the problem all along. Too many people feel the U.S. Government should pay for their losses. Ahhh have ya ever heard of insurance? If you didn't have it before and you are going back it should be REQUIRED. \nThe government is not a charity. It was not established to support and bail out the people who are to stupid to plan for an emergency. It is not like they did not know they were below sea level, it is not like they did not know a storm was coming. An accident is unexpected and catches you by surprise... a majority of N.O residents feel like this was an accident. \nHow many of them are willing to move back there and pay 2 or 3 times the taxes they were paying to build stronger levees and better drainage systems? I doubt many. So what... the rest of the tax paying U.S. is supposed to foot the bill?\nWRONG. \nIf they did not know before, they know now. N.O is below sea level and will flood. Anyone that rebuilds there should do so at their own expense and risk.\nI would be happy to come spend a few days "helping", that is what neighbors do... but do not expect me to pay for any aspect of your choosing to live there.\nIf I build my next home on the rail road tracks... there is a higher than probable chance that it is going to get hit by a train.... duh.\nThe people of the US and the US Gov. have given and given and are still giving... Don't expect us to do it again.\nAs to where are they supposed to go...\nAnywhere? As I said... there are lots of them here in Houston and to the best of my knowledge there are 49 other states to choose from. I mean come on... \nBurn me once shame on you, burn me twice shame on me. NO THEY GOV SHOULD NOT PAY TO EVACUATE THEM.\nDon't look for the free hand out. Make a better choice.\n\nAdditional Comments:\nI don't think anyone should NOT move back there. I do however think it should be at their own risk. Put it anyway you want... It is BELOW SEA LEVEL and building there INVITES problems. I just heard on the news not an hour ago that the cost to rebuild the levees is now over 10 Billion. \n\nThat money should not have to come from the federal Government and the rest of the citizens of the U.S. Nor should any future federal funds for the next time. The lessons have been taught and should have been learned. If you can't afford to insure your property to the level of replacement... you shouldn't live there and expect me to pay for it. \n\n\nGo ahead rebuild. I am all for it. As I said I would be happy to help. Point in case... I am leaving Tuesday 4/12 for my third trip back to Mississippi to help rebuild... So the work is not the issue. I just think the same values and nuances you and others are so fond of could be relocated to a safer place.\n\nBottom line it is not the buildings it is the people that make it.\n\nand Yes I have been there several times.
395404
FEMA has been an agency since 1979. It has had rough times and it's had really good times. \n\nI have worked for this agency since 1995. I've worked on assistance with floods, hurricanes, tornados, fires, as well as the Oklahoma City Bombing and the World Trade Center. \n\nAfter 9/11, we were pulled into DHS. DHS's purpose is three fold: terrorism, terrorism, and terrorism. Needless to say, they focused all their resources on terrorism. We tried calling to their attention that our mission at FEMA was different than this, but ... \n\nAnyways - here we are now! FEMA's authority has been pulled short making response to disasters much more difficult than it ever has been before. Only now to combine this with what has to be the worst natural disaster we've ever faced. \n\nWhat FEMA needs is the shackles of DHS removed so that it can return to it's cabinet level position which allowed it to operate more efficently and more effectively with out the added red-tape of another department to bog it down.
156749
No.  They were given $40,000, but not from FEMA.  It came from the NFL.
286290
They were screwed before it happened, while it was happening, and now even the worst, after it happened. They say 3% of the people will receive aid; because 75% have already left the area. Their land is being repossessed as we speak; because they can't live there and pay for the mortgages that have lapsed. The land will be resold. FEMA sent out over 5000 letters last week to recover funds they say they paid out to fraudulent victims of the hurricane. They are charging the money back to the victims. You can find the Article at the New York Times, PBS FRONTLINE, and I am sure many others. The Republicans are glad the African Americans are gone from there, and they don't mind saying it openly.
144533
Reaction was not slow. Implementation and action was slow. Politics got in the way of many things when it should not have.\n\nMistakes were made, but the good thing is that change will result because of it. It must be remembered though that mistakes happen in dealing with ANY crisis. I don't care if it is government, business, or personal. Nothing can be predicted 100%. Influence and control within organizations is also never 100%.\n\nI do not think that there was any conspiracy though. Nothing against African Americans, or New Orleans itself. There was no ill will by Bush, nor by the administration, nor by FEMA, nor by local authorities. Stuff just went wrong.
595958
Hurricane Katrina Disaster\nMess in Iraq\nWar in Iraq\nWar in Afghanistan\nIran has Nukes\nChina is the UN Humitarian Rights Commission (as well as Fidel Castro for that matter)\nHomeland Security has lost upwards of 4,000 uniforms, ID badges, and key cards\nBorder Crisis\nImmigration Crisis\nJob Rate plummets\nStock market on shakey ground\nHousing market about to burst\nRepublicans are fearful they will loose their seats this November...\n\nWhat else could possibly be more important than a gay marriage? Especially, if it guarantees those Republicans their congressional seat.\n\nThat completely excludes funny/creepy/strange things and the administrations mess.  Like Libby and the CIA leak...Cheney shooting his friend...Bush's nose hairs...etc.
688080
yes\nhttp://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060516/ap_on_re_us/new_england_flooding;_ylt=AgDzbrtV57Qm6iRL7_1kSiCs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA2Z2szazkxBHNlYwN0bQ--\nthis was my current event
211305
Try http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=21042
263981
I heard about that tape on President Bush being briefed on the storm before it happened. I was not shocked by the tape as everybody knew that the storm was coming. He must have known. Since they knew it was coming then the response should have been quicker. I am not sure what to say about this. Everybody is to blame. Nobody was making enough noise about it.
245974
http://home.att.net/~thehessians/disasterwatch.html There you go!! Hope you like it.