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<i>Brown said the lack of a mandatory evacuation of New Orleans before the storm was "the tipping point for all the other things that went wrong." Brown said he had personally pushed Louisiana Gov. Blanco to order such an evacuation.
He did not have the authority to order the city evacuated on his own, Brown said.
When asked by Rep. Harold Rogers, R-Ky, whether the lack of an ordered evacuation was "the proximate cause of most people's misery," Brown said, "Yes." </i>
Uh, an evacuation was ordered. There were no means to evacuate those without transportation. Handling large scale problems like that IS FEMA's mission. And then getting in quickly after the disaster is also their mission. The fact is, he was a no information getting chowder head. He claimed that he wasn't being informed by the folks in NOLA about the goings on at the Superdome and civic center. Well, duh, no phone service, no cell service, no communication. TV and radio had that news, but Brown ignored it because it didn't follow gov't regs for official communication.
He seemed like a weasel from day one, and this hystrical attack seems more like a plea for self justification in the face of many dead. He says he didn't realize NOLA was disfunctional... it would be his job to know if Louisiana was governed by a ping pong ball and the city of New Orleans was mayored by wallpaper. How could anybody in this country not consciously know how things work and don't work in NOLA? The city is famous for sin and debauchery!
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I think the Apocalypse is happening all around us. We go on eating desserts and watching TV. I know I do. I wish we were more capable of sustained passion and sustained resistance. We should be screaming and what we do is gossip. -Lydia Millet
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