Thursday, 01 November 2012
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Obama Reacted too Fast?
Michael Brown formerly of FEMA (during Katrina) criticized Obama for reacting too fast.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/30/michael-brown-obama-hurricane-sandy_n_2044971.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopularThere was certainly little chance that Hurricane Sandy would not be a false alarm. Furthermore the ability to move supplies into position is a very smart thing to do. I don't think there is any politician complaining about the reaction of President Obama. Even Mitt Romney has changed his position on FEMA and maintains that he will keep this emergency ability for the United States.However the aftermath of Sandy will not be a walk in the park. There will be loans necessary to pay for reconstruction, overtime work by emergency workers will be needed to be paid for and long term ideas will be presented and implemented to react for another similar disaster.Words from the article: "Obama declared states of emergency all along East Coast states in the path of Sandy on Sunday, well before the storm hit, allowing federal resources to start flowing where governors thought they would be needed. FEMA and local responders were able to pre-position a lot of the material being drawn upon now.Obama also held a press conference warning people to pay careful attention to the storm.
"This is a serious and big storm," Obama said after meeting with FEMA officials and talking to governors Sunday. "And my first message is to all the people across the Eastern seaboard, Mid-Atlantic, going north, that you need to take this very seriously."
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Comments (8)
lol...So Romney flip flopped on Fema.
Considering Michael Brown's poor track record running FEMA, I'm not sure he's in a position to critique anyone else's handling of a disaster. The "F" student in class shouldn't critique someone for not getting an "A+"...
yea, that's what i wondered. why would we listen to anything michael brown had to say about disaster relief and hurricanes.
The faster the better.
Obviously knowing from the way the Katrina was handled, how can he Michael Brown crtiticise Obama when Obama took quick action that may have saved so many lives.
I lived in Mississippi when Hurricane Helena hit. The fight was over who was going to flow the money. I watched as the federal government ordered the military to go into the hardest hit areas of the cities and then have to retreat because the local government wanted the private sector to make money. The same thing happened in Kartina. The local governement did not request assistance right away. The federal government allowed the local government to take the initiative. They didn't. I don't blame Obama one bit to step up first. Doing that elimated any "political" dirty games.
@Randy7777 - Looks like we have a winner method to prepare for natural disasters. Unfortunately it will cost a ton of money.
I don't know too much about the South but in some cases people do smell money and come a runnin'. How to prevent waste is really hard to do but let me say if there is a record of transactions and requests, heads can roll afterwards but when people need stuff and don't get help that is a big fail.
i guess its called sour graping... a good leader does what he thinks is best regardless of the criticism that comes after... :)