Paging William Lokey...! Paging William Lokey...!!!

[krkaufman]

I read the WH press release for the Louisiana State of Emergency declaration the other night and am wondering....

Where is William Lokey?!?

Everyone's going after Mike Brown, but Lokey was supposedly appointed as the man on the spot in Louisiana for Katrina -- the Federal Coordinating Officer. HE should have the answers on what went wrong in the lead-up to the hurricane and in its immediate aftermath.

But where is he now?!?

Here's the only decent info I've found on Lokey, thus far, and may explain why he's (been?) "disappeared"...

Political storm brewing over Katrina disaster
By JOHN McQUAID

...

FEMA officials pleaded "no contest.".

Bill Lokey, chief coordinator for FEMA, said agencies were simply overwhelmed by the scale of the challenge. "It's the nature of the disaster," he said. "This is far beyond anything we've ever done in this country. It's beyond our immediate capabilities for sure."

Lokey said rescue workers have been hampered by floodwaters, and by the fact that many of the resources they needed were not available nearby and had to be brought in. And because the storm damage was spread across three states, FEMA's resources have also been spread out, he said.

http://www.nola.com/newslogs/breakingtp/index.ssf?/mtlogs/nola_Times-Picayune/archives/2005_09.html#076488

from... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=103&topic_id=152836

That's the ONLY mention of Lokey's name in the ENTIRE breaking news scroll at the Times-Picayune. I find it odd/disturbing.

[KitchenWitch]

1. Maybe he has been "Wellstoned"

[krkaufman]

2. Yeah. Or Carnahan'd....

... stopping at the recent past. No need to remember the pain of the '60s.

[krkaufman]

3. That makes the Admiral the THIRD! Katrina coordinator....

... after William Lokey (WHERE THE HELL is he?), and
... Mike "Horse's Ass" Brown.

How damaged is the media that it cannot read the bloody State of Emergency press release?

What happened to Mr. Bill (Lokey)?



OK. That's my last post on Lokey looking for info. It's time to start calling news outlets. Ugh.

[krkaufman]

4. Lokey contact info, from FEMA.gov, and pic

Name (last, first) Title Office Exchange Extension
Lokey, William (Bill) Chief RS-OP [phone]

Register for Disaster Assistance by calling 1-800-621-FEMA (3362) or TTY 1-800-462-7585 for the speech and hearing impaired.


And the only pic I could find of him...