FEMA response slow in East Biloxi as well
Sep. 6th, 2005 08:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jebbypal48 Hrs is airing a segment on the recovery in Alabama and Mississipi. As of Friday, no FEMA offices had been set up and local churches were the only ones providing aid (supplemented by outside supplies from private organization as far away as Minneapolis and OXFam (sp??), an internation organization dedicated to helping citizens when the government response is too slow to international disasters). The state FEMA officer's explanation for the slow response: "The state's citizens are having a difficult time getting even gas right now. We don't want to move more people in and overtax the system."
The first FEMA registration office was set up today -- a town away from East Biloxi. The problem. Most of the victims from East Biloxi no longer have functional transportation.
I guess this is just yet another failure on the part of local governments, eh, Mr. Brown? Mr. Chertoff?
Moral of the story: Better have two weeks of supplies stocked up in case of any type of disaster.
The first FEMA registration office was set up today -- a town away from East Biloxi. The problem. Most of the victims from East Biloxi no longer have functional transportation.
I guess this is just yet another failure on the part of local governments, eh, Mr. Brown? Mr. Chertoff?
Moral of the story: Better have two weeks of supplies stocked up in case of any type of disaster.