Of all the Gov't agencies responding, where's FEMA?

[dixiegrrrrl]

Didja notice?
No sign
No mention of FEMA, not even in the news discussions of helping people out of low lying aeras of marsh.
Plenty of Lisa Jackson of EPA, and Napolitano of "DEr Homeland" Security..

not one peep out of or about FEMA.

May be a smart move on the Pres's part, keeping FEMA the hell out of La. and the Gulf.

[Captain Hilts]

1. That's what FEMA is for. nt

[frustrated_lefty]

2. As a Katrina survivor

Screw FEMA. The moment FEMA shows up, you can rest assured people are being screwed.

[WeDidIt]

3. FEMA has nothing to do in the current gulf crisis

It doesn't directly involve the well-being of people, thus absolutely no reason for FEMA to be involved.

[Rex]

4. They were getting ready for NYC? Really, that is a good question.

Where are our federal emergency handlers at these days!? Still giving out moblehomes filled with death I wonder?

[sinkingfeeling]

5. Why would FEMA be involved? FEMA has no capacity to clean up spilled oil. FEMA only becomes involved

after an area with a human population is declared a national emergency (by the President).

[dixiegrrrrl]

6. There are news reports of people living around the marshes who have to be moved

for health/breathing reasons.

[Are_grits_groceries]

7. Quite frankly, after watching them respond to

Hurricane Hugo here in SC and then to Katrina, it's probably better that they don't show up. Clinton had the only halfway decent agency.

It needs to revamped and renamed. If I was in a crisis and was told FEMA was showing up, I would hide.