... FEMA dumps water

[struggle4progress]

... And FEMA, which seems to create emergencies rather than help in their relief efforts, has dumped over 1 million cans of leftover drinking water because the water was not used at Texas and Louisiana hurricane shelters.

FEMA transported water,18 truckloads of it, to a scrap metal business in the Dallas area last month where the water was drained into the sewer and the cans sent for recycling.

FEMA spokesman Don Jacks said the cans were donated to hurricane shelters by Coca-Cola and other donors. When evacuees dispersed, the shelters in East Texas and Louisiana gave pallets of unused water to FEMA, which stored them at its Fort Worth regional distribution center ...

http://www.edailynews.info/articles/2006/01/09/news/opinion/op01.txt

[MadisonProgressive]

1. Why am I not surprised?

[atommom]

2. And how many people could have been saved if they'd had that water?

Truly sickening.

[justabob]

3. That is absurd

why couldn't it be stored indefinitely? I know its a lot of water, but really, couldn't it be distributed around? Its not like there won't be a need for it at some point. Water seems like a smart thing to have on hand to me, but what do I know? *sigh*

[sandnsea]

5. A food bank would have taken it

Some kids use water for sports activities, yeah, even poor kids. Just unbelievable.

[SharonAnn]

4. Oh, I thought they "carried water" for the Administration.