Katrina Coverage

CNN reports that a planeload of evacuees were delivered to Charleston, West Virginia.
Just one problem: officials in Charleston, South Carolina were told by FEMA that the plane was headed for them, and they had made all the necessary preparations:
A call seeking comment from FEMA was not immediately returned.
"We called in all the available resources," said […]

AP:
The government's disaster chief waited until hours after Hurricane Katrina had already struck the Gulf Coast before asking his boss to dispatch 1,000 Homeland Security employees to the region - and gave them two days to arrive, according to internal documents.
Michael Brown, director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, sought the approval from Homeland Security […]