FEMA sends Baton Rouge medical supplies for a Chemical Attack

[maddezmom]

why.....because that's what it says in the book.FEMA and HLS are worthless. :mad:

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So what went wrong with the relief effort? Why, so many days after Katrina struck, is there still such chaos, despite the fact that there was ample warning of what might befall the Gulf coast?
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) has been accused of being so concerned about the possibility of a terrorist attack that it failed to prepare properly for a much more inevitable natural disaster.

After the authorities in Baton Rouge had prepared a field hospital for victims of the storm, Fema sent its first batch of supplies, all of which were designed for use against chemical attack, including drugs such as Cipro, which is designed for use against anthrax. "We called them up and asked them: 'Why did you send that, and they said that's what it says in the book'," said a Baton Rouge official.

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more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/katrina/story/0,16441,1561909,00.html

[aquart]

1. FEMA officials don't need to be fired. They need to be hanged.

On television.

[Spazito]

2. Oh my God! Unbelievable!

It is beyond comprehension that FEMA could screw up so badly in EVERY way.

[rodeodance]

3. this is not surprizing since the focus of Homeland Sec. has shifted to

terrorism.

[rodeodance]

4. cnn showing Mr. Brown on the tube now but no audio.

[maddezmom]

5. watching it streaming on WDSU

what a clown

[TheMightyFavog]

6. Cipro does have other uses, you know.

A powerful antibiotic like that could come in handy considering all that nasty stuff in the flood waters down there. In fact, it can be used to treat cholera.

[maddezmom]

8. yes, I know....but seems like they were not sent the required supplies

the focus was on a chemical attack according to the official. :shrug:

[dsc]

7. cipro is a terrific antibiotic

It is hardly useless given the fact that NO will become a disease factory. Antrax is a bio weapon, not a chemical one, and NO will become a natural source of bio weapons such as diptheria and cholera.

[FloridaPat]

9. The plan for both should be the same! Like how to evacuate people.

How to get food and water to people. This is more lies.

[Renew Deal]

10. What's scary is that most people would be dead 5 days

after a chemical attack. We've got problems.

[MsTryska]

11. yeah as others have said....i wouldn't be complaining about

getting Cipro. Wierd that anyone who's dealing with the medic side fo things would.


I'd be hoarding that sh*t.

[blitzen]

12. Just talked to my cousin (re: FEMA)

She works for rhe forest service in Texas and will be leading a team coming here to Baton Rouge. She says they've been ready to go for a few days but have been awaiting the order from FEMA.