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novapsycheA FEMA spokesman, James McIntyre, blamed the devastation in the region for slowing down relief efforts.
Roads were washed out and relief trucks were stopped by state police trying to keep people out of hazardous areas, he said.
That explanation didn't satisfy Joe Myers, Florida's former emergency management chief.
"I would think that yesterday they could have flown in," said Myers. "Everyone was flying in. Put it this way, FOX and CNN are there. If they can get there ..."
Federal government wasn't ready for Katrina, disaster experts say
Roads were washed out and relief trucks were stopped by state police trying to keep people out of hazardous areas, he said.
That explanation didn't satisfy Joe Myers, Florida's former emergency management chief.
"I would think that yesterday they could have flown in," said Myers. "Everyone was flying in. Put it this way, FOX and CNN are there. If they can get there ..."
Federal government wasn't ready for Katrina, disaster experts say
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FEMA was worse than inept.
Date: 2005-09-05 12:10 am (UTC)http://www.livejournal.com/community/sos_usa/1816997.html
(Not an editorial by a user, but a transcript of an interview with official in the fray.)