FEMA failed to use all available resources
January 30th, 2006Tags: dhs, fema, russ knocke, senate, national response plan, national guard, interior department, michael chertoff
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The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has released FEMA documents showing yet another series of lapses in their response. "Hundreds of available trucks, boats, planes and federal officers were unused in search and rescue efforts immediately after Hurricane Katrina hit because FEMA failed to give them missions".
The ever-dependable DHS spokesman Russ Knocke says:
Katrina […]