What was FEMA really doing?
A diary by DavidNYC at dKos has a bunch of links to stories showing FEMA consistently stopping help from reaching hurricane victims. What the hell were they doing?
FEMA won’t accept Amtrak’s help in evacuations
FEMA turns away experienced firefighters
FEMA turns back Wal-Mart supply trucks
FEMA prevents Coast Guard from delivering diesel fuel
FEMA won’t let Red Cross deliver food
FEMA bars morticians from entering New Orleans
I’ll try to add all the stories to my Furl archive, which is the list in the right column here.
Good job on the hurricane coverage. I know that this is taking a bunch of time. I know that this sounds like one of those chain-letter spam things, but- no joke, Barry Manilow is matching donations through his website 2 for one. For every dollar donated, he puts up $1 and his foundation puts up an additional dollar. Nice leverage.
Mack
Here’s Barry Manilow’s website:
http://barrymanilow.com/
Thanks for that. Lots of employers are matching donations too. Every dollar counts, so these extra donations are important.