Carl Hiaasen (Miami Herald): When FEMA met Katrina, disaster ensued

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As New Orleans slowly drains and the search for survivors continues, many are asking: Could President Bush possibly have picked anyone less qualified than Michael D. Brown to run the Federal Emergency Management Agency?

Sure, he could.

Courtney Love or Mike Tyson would have been worse choices, although both of them have more disaster experience than Brown.

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Among the 164 disasters declared during his tenure, Brown cited last year's four Florida hurricanes as experience builders. He didn't mention the ensuing scandal -- or offer a plausible explanation of why FEMA handed out more than $30 million in Miami-Dade County, which wasn't hit by a single hurricane. As for Katrina, Brown claimed he'd been told to expect ''a typical hurricane situation,'' a lame, butt-covering lie that he won't be able to dodge.

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[Robertwf]

1. Carl Hiaasen

Carl Hiaasen was a frend of warren Zevon. That puts him tops in my book

[JitterbugPerfume]

2. He is also a very good novelist

I am currently reading Skinny Dip

[ellenfl]

3. his books are great. eom

[deacon2]

4. Indeed... as is Tom Robbins. Indigo, indigoing, indigone.