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FEMA takes many workers off 'cane duty
FEMA bureaucrats yesterday infuriated exhausted Hurricane Katrina responders and lawmakers with yet another blunder.Federal Emergency Management Agency leaders ordered officials in the agency's Preparedness Division to stop all Katrina relief efforts and begin a long-planned move from agency headquarters to new offices in Virginia by Monday.
"They're no longer focused on the gigantic Katrina job and are putting their files into boxes instead," said one outraged FEMA insider. "This is simply incredible considering that the entire staff has been an integral part of the response effort."
Taking staff off hurricane duty is "disruptive when we need every single soul here to work on Katrina," the source said.
FEMA takes many workers off 'cane duty
James Gordon Meek, Daily News, September 16, 2005
Given the way FEMA operates down in the disaster area it is hard to say whether impeding their operations does more good or harm. Unfortunately, it is probably more harmful than helpful because somehow I have a feeling that even with fewer FEMA employees working Katrina rescue they would still find time to impede critical efforts just the way they already have - without providing whatever little assistance they were providing.
And I commend the FEMA whistleblowers for letting us know what goes on inside the agency - which, in this day and age, is by far not a career-safe decision. If these FEMA employees are later persecuted we as citizens must band together and provide them all the help they may need.
Boris you are shreeking.
No it ain't.
You have been pointing out that the efforts of the governement have been
futile.
Well, if there is a team in operation you certainly don't want to break it
up for a routine move while they are working an emergency task. Whether the
composition of that team is optimal or not is open to debate, of course.