It's not enough':Federal aid falls short of Mississippi's needs

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Mississippi is receiving less than half of what it's asking in federal disaster relief for Hurricane Katrina, the director of the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency said Sunday. Robert Latham is the latest Mississippi official to criticize efforts from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Hattiesburg Mayor Johnny DuPree previously said the city went days before getting federal help.

"We're getting much less than 50 percent of what we're requesting," Latham said. "We're trying to ration it so that everybody gets some. We know it's not enough." Ice distribution points in Hattiesburg were empty Sunday, DuPree said, even though 50 trucks of ice are sitting at Camp Shelby. DuPree said the trucks can't be released because FEMA hasn't released them.

"That's the kind of service that we're getting ... something's wrong with that."

Forrest County Sheriff Billy McGee said he took one of the trucks with ice to a distribution point in Brooklyn. He declined further comment and referred all questions to FEMA.

http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050905/NEWS05/509050303/1002/NEWS01

[DELUSIONAL]

1. WHO the fuck is in charge

FEMA in this case is a WHO.

WHO refused to release the ice?

We really need to get to the bottom of this.

WHO is running the show and WHO is not releasing trucks or ordering communications to to cut in New Orleans.

You know it almost sounds like Rummy is in charge -- in Iraq the troops are having supply problems. Half of what they need etc etc.

Oh that's right -- the same guy at the top appoints jerks who can't find their asses because he is an incompetent fool -- and then these incompetent fools can't hire someone who might be more competent then they are -- so by the time we get to the people in the field -- well they are probably all from some wing ding fundamentalist college -- just like the fools they are sending to Iraq to set up financial systems etc.

So to answer my own question -- bushie and bushie clones are in charge -- and all of us don't have a chance in hell if we have a major disaster hit close to home.

[MadeinOhio]

2. What a pathetic display. Bush, you're fired.

Get out of the office now. :grr:

[Hello_Kitty]

3. Now, just how is Karl supposed to blame this

On the Governor or Louisiana and the Mayor of New Orleans? Hmmmm?