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Whistle a Happy Tune FIRST: Katrina
cobalt123
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Part of the mission, according to the documents obtained by The Associated Press, was to "convey a positive image" about the government's response for victims. This is copied from yahoo news, by an AP story this is out right now online. Given the propensity for such headlines and stories to suddenly disappear, this blog post is made quickly to be sure that folks DO SEE THIS. Since we Amerikans are all so relieved that Bush and the federal government is going to look into their own shortfalls on Katrina disaster response, I thought this would be a good place to start looking... By TED BRIDIS, Associated Press Writer Wed Sep 7, 2:18 AM ET WASHINGTON - The top U.S. disaster official waited hours after Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast before he proposed to his boss sending at least 1,000 Part of the mission, according to the documents obtained by The Associated Press, was to "convey a positive image" about the government's response for victims. Acknowledging that such a move would take two days, Michael Brown, director of the Before then, FEMA had positioned smaller rescue and communications teams across the Gulf Coast. But officials acknowledged the first department-wide appeal for help came only as the storm raged. Brown's memo to Chertoff described Katrina as "this near catastrophic event" but otherwise lacked any urgent language. The memo politely ended, "Thank you for your consideration in helping us to meet our responsibilities." http://tinyurl.com/8v8wn
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