FEMA Education

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Want to know more about who should have done what... and who didn't do what? Read this whole thing... it is a good look.

[[ FEMA is not a first responder. Don't be so quick to pillory the federal response in New Orleans. Immediate emergency management is primarily a local and state responsibility.

It seems that the mayor of New Orleans is leading the effort in not taking responsibility for his actions. The emergency managers for the state of Louisiana do not have much to say either. The failure in the first 48 hours to provide direction for survivors is theirs to live with. When FEMA was able to take over, it started out behind and had to develop its plan on the fly. Now the federal government has established priorities -- rescue the stranded, evacuate the city, flow in resources and fix the levee. It appears that now there is a plan and it is being systematically executed. ]]

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