And while we're on the subject of the gross incompetence of the folks at FEMA,
this just in:
"Not long after some 1,000 firefighters sat down for eight hours of training,
the whispering began: 'What are we doing here?'
"As New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin pleaded on national television for firefighters
- his own are exhausted after working around the clock for a week - a battalion
of highly trained men and women sat idle Sunday in a Sheraton Hotel conference
room in Atlanta. . . .
"The firefighters were told to bring backpacks, sleeping bags, first-aid kits
and Meals Ready to Eat. They were told to prepare for 'austere conditions.'
Many of them came with awkward fire gear and expected to wade in floodwaters,
sift through rubble and save lives.
"'They've got people here who are search-and-rescue certified, paramedics,
haz-mat certified,' said a Texas firefighter. 'We're sitting in here having a
sexual-harassment class while there are still victims in Louisiana who haven't
been contacted yet.'"
Like Forrest Gump, that's all I've got to say about that.
Walt
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"Patriotism means being loyal to
your country all the time and to
its government when it deserves
it." -- Mark Twain
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