FEMA gives away $85 million of supplies for Katrina victims

[nadine_mn]

FEMA gave away about $85 million in household goods meant for Hurricane Katrina victims, a CNN investigation has found.

The material -- from basic kitchen goods to sleeping necessities -- sat in warehouses for two years before the Federal Emergency Management Agency's giveaway to federal and state agencies this year.

James McIntyre, FEMA's acting press secretary, told CNN that FEMA was spending more than $1 million a year to store the material and that another agency wanted the warehouses torn down, so "we needed to vacate them."




http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/06/11/fema.giveaway/index.html?eref=rss_topstories#cnnSTCVideo



Words cannot express the shame and pissed-offness I feel about this

[Lars39]

1. "I'm gonna turn, 'cause I'm gonna cry."

:cry:

These goddamed fake humans we have in office, treating people like this.:grr::argh:

[undergroundrailroad]

5. I'll cry with you.

They couldn't cross the bridge and now they're being deprived of goods and services that were allocated specifically for them. This is cruel and hurtful. :cry:

[Hydra]

2. It still burns me that Bush got away with killing all those people

"Incompetence" indeed.

[populistdriven]

4. People are homeless because of them and all they do is throw away taxpayer money

[Hydra]

6. Not thrown away

My guess is that it went straight into someone's pocket.

People die and Bush's friends profit- their tried and true formula.

[Catherine Vincent]

3. This is just pathetic!

:mad:

[Arctic Dave]

7. I find it hard to believe that this level of incompetence is not intentional

:banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

[CherokeeDem]

8. These Bastards....

should have to live like the survivors of Katrina and the other disasters which have happened on their watch. Did you all hear that FEMA is no longer going to give out ICE to hurricane victims. They said they could change their minds but...

Frigging, fracking, f*%#ing people.

[texanwitch]

9. I remember the ice on the trucks that never got to the people who needed it.

Another hurricane season is started, you would think FEMA would keep this stuff ready.

This is beyond sad.

[Solly Mack]

10. Just.Plain.Criminal.

[nadine_mn]

15. Just as criminal.... it sat in storage for 2 YEARS

that is what blows me away

[Solly Mack]

16. I know. All of it...criminal. And it doesn't stop

Just never ends

[slackmaster]

11. Full article says the state of Louisiana passed on taking the stuff

:crazy:

[nadine_mn]

12. Louisiana stated they didn't know victims still needed the stuff

really? Come on now - pull your head out of your asses.

[slackmaster]

13. And UNITY of Greater New Orleans wasn't registered

With the Louisiana Federal Property Assistance Agency in Baton Rouge, so it didn't hear about the giveaway until it was too late.

:crazy:

[Canuckistanian]

14. Some of those goods went to the Federal Bureau of Prisons

So, there you have it - the government cares more about prisoners than they do for victims of Katrina.

[1776Forever]

17. I have read about a lot of the flood victims in the Mid West are in need of a lot right now!

Some are asking where the help is for them. I hope they get some soon. Another round of tornadoes came through tonight!