Who would be better at handling the aftermath of Katrina?

[blondeatlast]

Poll question: Who would be better at handling the aftermath of Katrina?

Here's some helpful tips from a guy who needs to follow his own advice...

http://www.kron4.com/Global/story.asp?S=3773517

[xray s]

1. my toenail clipping on the bathroom floor

[NorCalDem]

2. I'm not going to pretend I would do any better

It was a tremendous natural disaster, and I expected casualties and property loss, and I'd be panicked as well. What I did not expect was complete and total disregard by our federal government!

[blondeatlast]

4. I'm not pretending-- I KNOW I could have done better.

I would have gotten buses, private and public, mobilized to evacuate.

I would have had NG and military on alert, ready to move in as soon as landfall.

I would have asked cities nationwide to mobilize first responders at landfall.

I'm not pretending--none of the above was done before landfall and it's just insanity.

[Vincardog]

3. My dog whould do better

[MADem]

I've done humanitarian relief work, and I KNOW I could have done better nt

[MADem]

5. Sorry, dupe

[tk2kewl]

6. Homer

[underpants]

9. Easily

[Imagevision]

7. Trump

[union_maid]

8. Me, because I'd have called Wes Clark

If you don't know how to do something, the next best thing is to know who does.

[Humor_In_Cuneiform]

10. I'd a done better cause I would have found people who could

do it. Probably I'd start with Wes Clark, too.

[kodi]

11. with my 3 years at the civil defense preparedness admin., I could, easily

back on the 70's when i was with the corps of engineers we surveyed civil defense sites in 5 states. that's all i did, shelter design and management, disaster routing of supplies, restocking, assessment of buldings, medical and communication facilities. it was mostly for nuclear attacks, but almost every place i went to was used for natual disasters subsequent to my leaving the administration.

i never slacked off in my job because i imagined that just once, even once if i made a mistake someday someone might die because of it. i even fired a guy i caught making up data on a project because he was too lazy to actually survey a site i checked on after he was supposed to visit.

our mission was folded into what became FEMA

what has happen over the last 5 years has been the almost total destruction of FEMA.

jesus christ, i have more experience than that clown brown on this subject and he runs FEMA.

[blondeatlast]

12. It is unbelievable that he was hired for such a critical job.

Even I knew I could comandeer buses, agriculture, and other agencies to help out. I'm a freaking library assistant and I knew that.

I gotta believe in Hell now. It's the only way I can cope.

[kodi]

13. this is the Republican way; ideology and connections trump competence.

its how nations lose wars.

its how America lost New Orleans