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| Thursday, September 01, 2005 |
| Where is FEMA? |
The situation in New Orleans is disgraceful, and I don't mean the looting. Four years after 9/11, this is the state of federal emergency response? Why are thousands of Louisianans, mostly Black Louisianans, still cut off from civilization and help? It's starting to look like a failure on a massive scale. According to Jay at Wizbang, FEMA's problem might be one of personnel (they're looking for employees at $15 an hour). Meanwhile, people in New Orleans are obviously growing more afraid and more desperate. I can't believe this is happening in America... for God's sake the world is watching...
Update: Also via the Wizbangers, Fox News is reporting that Fats Domino and other jazz legengds are missing. (Thanks Jay, God knows I woudn't have been watching in order to find that out...) Harry Connick Jr. (whose version of "Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans" has been in my head for two days now) is in the beleaguered city, and has been phoning in information on the chaos at the convention center to MSNBC.
Update 2: Fats Domino has apparently been found. Paul Krugman comments on the incompetant federal response.
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