50 ice trucks sitting in Hattiesberg! FEMA refuses to send!

[RBHam]

CNN right now. Johnny DuPree from Hattiesberg telling truth right now!

[SammyWinstonJack]

1. I heard that !

:grr: :wtf:

[kliljedahl]

2. What you said

[Tyranny_R_US]

19. You can call FEMA Region VI @ [phone]

[RBHam]

3. MIWOP!

Make It Worse On Purpose.

[Corgigal]

9. Wow

A new one.

[SammyWinstonJack]

10. They're really trying to make it worse!

Rat Bastards!

[JimmyJazz]

4. "who's FEMA?"

:shrug:

I think "Brownie" should be fired. This is a total disgrace.

[SammyWinstonJack]

5. kick

:grr:

[marions ghost]

6. any reason given?

[RBHam]

8. MIWOP!!!!!!!

Make It Worse On Purpose!

[me b zola]

7. "Who is FEMA?"

When Tony Harris asked him about FEMA, Mayor DuPree responded, "Who is FEMA?"

[klebean]

11. "have you seen FEMA" asked the anchorperson

"Who's that?" queried the mayor...
"O my... you know, the Federal Emergency ..
...
"Mayor Dupree's outrage is on record."

[skooooo]

12. FEMA's badges and uniforms were stolen!!!

That's what happened, so they couldn't perform.

[RBHam]

14. convenient...

there are no coincidences...

[joemurphy]

13. He made a good point.

(Paraphrasing) "As a mayor I didn't sign on to do disaster relief. I've got other problems. The people that get paid to do disaster relief haven't done their job."

[SammyWinstonJack]

15. "You're on record now"

:bounce:

[Digit]

16. My head is going to explode....seriously

:mad:

[RevCheesehead]

17. Can't give out ice until the photo op is set up.

Get those TV cameras over there so the people can get their supplies! :grr:

[RBHam]

18. what does 2+2 equal?

evil reigns

[wellstone dem]

20. just got in from scraping pain to off the guitar

shocking.

Brousard crying on MTP and now this. I am so angry.

[TacticalPeek]

21. That audio is worth getting to Crooks and Liars.

"Who is FEMA?"

:evilgrin: Tell it, Mayor!



http://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/09/04/katrina.blame

The mayor of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, said major problems still existed there.

Though 50 trucks carrying water and ice are stationed in Mississippi's Camp Shelby, FEMA has refused to release them, Mayor Johnny DuPree said.

"They're sitting down there right now because one person from FEMA won't make the call to say, 'Release those trucks,' " he said.

Two-thirds of residents of the southern Mississippi city have no power, and that figure was 100 percent for three-and-a-half days, he added.

He said FEMA representatives did not arrive in Hattiesburg -- 95 miles from New Orleans -- until Saturday.

"People from all over America have come in to help us," he said. "But the people who get paid to do this haven't done what I think they should have done."