FEMA arrives empty-handed

[brooklynite]

Lafayette's first FEMA office opened Friday, but the center had no money or vouchers to give to hundreds of Hurricane Katrina evacuees who came searching for help.

"We're not giving anything," manager Kenneth Swain told the crowd. "We don't have anything yet to give."

...snip...

FEMA has been noticeably absent from Lafayette since the hurricane struck...

...snip...

Swain said the center had one line Friday for people to fill out paper applications. Without working computers, he said there was nothing he could do to check on the status of applications already filed. Those who have filed applications should visit the center in a few days to check.

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I'm sure Haley Barbour will be on their case any minute now...

[darkstar]

1. Do believe that's Lafayette, LA....

Thanks for the article

:toast:

[Sadie5]

2. In a few days?

Did it ever occur to them that two days is more like two weeks to the victims of Katrina. Guess they figure these folks have gone without food, water, and a place to call home this long, what's a few more days.

[Prodemsouth]

3. Lafayette LA-makes no refrence to Miss.

n/t

[Prodemsouth]

4. Please change your thread header delete refrences to Miss

And I will vote for this to be posted on the Greatest page

[BrklynLiberal]

5. Sounds like one of those fly-by-night scammers.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

6. "We're not giving anything,"...

manager Kenneth Swain told the crowd. "We don't have anything yet to give."

"I don't have a square to spare. I can't spare a square."

[Prodemsouth]

7. Recommend please- Brook, you still have a refrence to Haley

Barbour at the bottom of the post page.

[riverwalker]

8. So where is the Red Cross?

too "dangerous" in Lafayette too?

[geckosfeet]

9. What a bunch of hopeless, hapless care free incompetents. n/t

[kath]

10. OMG. It's been almost 2 weeks since the hurricane hit.

TWO. FUCKING. WEEKS.

[Carla in Ca]

11. I guess Chertoff went home with Brown...

This afternoon, he should be ashamed of this insensitive "transition" statement.

"I'm going to go home and walk my dog and hug my wife and, maybe get a good Mexican meal and a stiff margarita and a full night's sleep. And then I'm going to go right back to FEMA and continue to do all I can to help these victims," Brown said.

The victims he failed lost their homes, their pets, their spouses, their favorite restaurants and their "margaritas".

How dare Brown issue such a self-serving "poor me" statement in light of what others have lost.

[bluedeminredstate]

12. Cute Beagle

Looks just like my Charlie. Could be his scheming double...

:)

[Carla in Ca]

13. Hi, fellow Beagler!

This is Jean. I was in a rescue network and got a call. The next morning we drove out to the desert not knowing what to expect. A 'breeder' (puppy mill) was being closed so we grabbed her and brought her home. She was only 6 weeks old and very sick (he was inbreeding). She hasn't got much of an immunity system and is on chemo meds for life but she is now 4 1/2 years old, happy and healthy.

1 call and a 2 hour trip changed our lives. The sweetest dog we have ever had.

[bluedeminredstate]

14. Charlie came from a shelter.

His "parents" dropped him on a country road and left him. He's 5 and I love the little bugger! We have a rabbit in our yard that's he's terrified of and runs AWAY from unlike your typical Beagle, but it's kind of cute and the rabbit likes it that way.

:hi:

[Carla in Ca]

15. Sometimes I wish I lived on a farm

and could rescue so many more. Hugs to you for saving Charlie:hug: