[Riverwild]

WHY is it that FEMA cannot get it together???

I am sitting here watching coverage of the afflicted areas from TX to OH and I am just getting angrier and angrier.

The lessons learned from Katrina should have created SOME change in the way FEMA acts during disasters. Yet, even now, they cannot seem to get it together.

Did we forget already? Is it because our National Guard is dispersed to other countries fighting wars instead of being here doing what they were designed to do? Is it because of the politics? Is it because of the new structure where they answer to Homeland Security?

Whatever it is, it ISN'T working! I know WHO I blame.

I have worked in Emergency Services for a very long time and even I could do a better job than the current administration as far as assisting my friends and neighbors with their basic needs during a disaster.

It's not like the hurricane was a total surprise. They could have been mobilized to an area outside of the possible landfalls, ready to go right in. The supplies could have been there in hours, instead of days and weeks.

No area should have to wait any more than a few days for HELP. Part of the burden lies on the shoulders of the people. You should have supplies to keep yourself until help arrives but 7 days is the MAX anyone should have to plan on.

I'm soooo ready to go to Washington and start kicking some butt!!
Changes should have been instituted after Katrina and I for one, see too many things that have remained the same.

I am ashamed and disgusted with my government for allowing Americans to suffer for weeks.