FEMA is so f---d-up

[preciousdove]

I have been trying to keep up with the movement of evacuees around the country. Late last night there was news report that stated that in a teleconference with the Governors, FEMA chief had stated they were going to be relocating most people in the South so everyone put out a press notice to that effect.

Today they have changed their minds...twice.. Here is an updated news story from Knoxville posted 3 hours ago:

http://www.wbir.com/news/news.aspx?storyid=28455&provider=rss

On Thursday, a lot of confusion swirls around the question of whether Knoxville will or will not be getting a planeload of Katrina evacuees from the Gulf area.

Thursday morning, federal officials told city and county leaders that no organized groups of evacuees would be coming to Knoxville Thursday, Friday or possibly, at all.

But later in the morning, state officials said a private plane of 60 evacuees from Baton Rouge would indeed be landing in Knoxville....

The hundreds of hurricane evacuees who were supposed to arrive in Knoxville didn't make it.

Four planes were scheduled to leave Dallas, pick up 550 evacuees in Louisiana and bring them here.

City and County representatives say FEMA is blaming a "logistics" problem at the Louisiana airport.

Katrina Evacuee Relocation Thread
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=4657680&mesg_id=4657680

[NightOwwl]

1. And they wonder why people don't want to leave.

Idiots. :eyes:

[nookiemonster]

2. St. Louis is on it's fourth day waiting for evacuees,

I mean really, WTF!

[Bonhomme Richard]

3. Don't send THOSE people here!

I'm convinced that's what it is. As soon as they found out they were going to be getting these survivors I'm sure the got on the phone to their repug friends in ther administration and screamed bloody murder.