"Sitting in the chair, putting mousse in my hair...."

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E-mails from the Edge of Disaster
Ex-FEMA head's messages show unfolding drama behind the scenes

By Daniel Lathrop and John Perry

http://www.publicintegrity.org/katrina/report.aspx?aid=484

Early calm after the storm fades

By the time Katrina hit New Orleans and coastal Mississippi, Brown was already a familiar face in America's living rooms.

"I'm at HQ but down in the studio most of the rest of the a.m. ... Here we go!" Brown wrote the Saturday before the storm arrived as he prepared for a round of TV and radio interviews.

At 6:21 a.m. the Monday Katrina hit, Brown was preparing for another major round of interviews. "Sitting in the chair, putting mousse in my hair...." he wrote to Patrick Rhode, FEMA's chief of staff.

Tuesday, after what must have been hours of TV interviews according to the press schedules included in Brown's e-mails, his inner circle was praising his performance.

[CrazyOrangeCat]

1. Americans, stranded, without food and water.

In the heat and humidity and stench.

Heckuva job, Brownie . . .