Government Prepares for Next Big Hurricane

[deminks]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051231/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/the_next_katrina

WASHINGTON - Before the next big hurricane's winds howl ashore,
Homeland Security officials want an emergency communications network operating, emergency medical facilities treating patients, and teams dispatched to search for victims at the likely ground zero.

In the wake of congressional hearings that exposed the breathtaking failures of the federal response to Hurricane Katrina, the Bush administration is retooling its disaster plan to react more quickly to the next catastrophe.

The union representative for FEMA headquarters workers worries about how well the agency will respond next time. FEMA reacted quickly to big disasters when it operated independently, he said, but fell short in its first big test as a member of the massive Homeland Security Department.

"You broke your toy and now it doesn't work," said Leo Bosner, himself a veteran FEMA disaster specialist.

Hey, idiots, how about finishing the current disasters, first? There are still people finding their loved ones' bodies in the rubble for chrissake.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

1. Thank God!

Now I can sleep at night.


nitwits

[Oceansaway]

2. LoL...n/t

[MichiganVote]

3. Preparing to hire another jackass are they? Water sent to Alaska?

Chewing gum for the levvies? Oh, wait, I know, photo op PR equipment just in case that asshole in the WH decides to come to the party?

[Divernan]

6. Troop of prof. actors to play grateful disaster victims when Bush visits.

In fact, with the right rear-projected back drops and sound effects, they could film the Presidential "visits" in some studio at the pig farm.

[uppityperson]

4. How about finishing with the current disaster indeed.

But, if we prepare for the future, we can say we are doing something without actually doing anything!

[madeline_con]

5. Just as I suspected. We're on our own/.n/t

[SOS]

7. First thought upon seeing this headline

"Jack Abramoff owns an ice warehouse"?