Comments on: FEMA Official: Feds Snoozed Through Katrina

By: Hellgate London Palladium

Hellgate London Palladium — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 01:22:46 +0000

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By: Tyler Riddle

Tyler Riddle — Fri, 21 Oct 2005 20:48:45 +0000

>That will stop Category 4 hurricanes from making landfall?
No, of course not. But it would send a message to the other states: the Federal government is not an infinite pool of resources and money that is to be used in the case of state incompetence; instead it is an emergency blanket. As I said, lets get some “responsibility” for the mistakes made by state governments. How can the state take any responsibility when the Federal government has footed the bill for all of *their* mistakes?

By: SteveH

SteveH — Fri, 21 Oct 2005 17:34:39 +0000

“Btw, how about Louisiana pays back the Federal government for bailing them out? Lets get some responsibility for the way that state’s behave so this kind of stuff doesn’t happen again.“
That will stop Category 4 hurricanes from making landfall?

By: Tyler Riddle

Tyler Riddle — Thu, 20 Oct 2005 18:53:42 +0000

No wonder DHS Secretary Chertoff now says that FEMA bungling, and not an inept local response, was the primary problem with the handling of Katrina.
I would argue that the the DHS Secretary said that because it is in his interest for the Federal government to handle these situations. If the responsibility laid in the hands of the state government (where I think it should) then people in his department would be out of a job. It is obvious there were failures but I would first place blame with the state government which should maintain the resources to solve these problems themselves. Once their failure (a major failure!) had been identified it is definitely time for the Federal government to step in. Their bungle was a second mistake, not the first.
I think to truly understand this situation we need to place blame everywhere it belongs. Btw, how about Louisiana pays back the Federal government for bailing them out? Lets get some responsibility for the way that state’s behave so this kind of stuff doesn’t happen again.