Theos-Talk Archives (September 2005 Message tt00022)

Daniel,

I admire the sentiment of your letter, but the Superdome and the 
Convention Center are two different places. The response to those 
stranded at the Superdome was absolutely inadequate. The response to 
those stranded at the Convention Center was totally nonexistent.

Paul

--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "Daniel H. Caldwell" 
<danielhcaldwell@y...> wrote:
> Thursday
> 
> Dear Senator McCain,
> 
> I read tonight on the Drudge Report the following statement in an 
> article:
> 
> "FEMA director Michael Brown said the agency just learned about the 
> situation at the convention center [Superdome] Thursday 
> [today!!!???] and quickly scrambled to provide food, water and 
> medical care and remove the corpses."
> 
> If this statement is true, then this shows to me that the FEMA 
> director and other officials at FEMA are totally incompetent.
> ALL DAY Wednesday on CNN, Fox, and MSNBC, reporters were describing 
> the terrible situation at the Superdome. I believe even on Tuesday 
> night there were such reports.
> 
> It seems unbelievable to me that someone at FEMA was NOT monitoring 
> the first hand reports on the cable news channels and reporting 
this 
> to higher officials. If I could know either Tuesday nite or 
> Wednesday here in Tucson, AZ about the situation at the Superdome, 
> why oh why couldn't FEMA know about it????!!!
> 
> I am so anger over this. The poor suffering of thousands of 
> residents at the Superdome. No water, no food, and plenty of 
> violence, etc.
> 
> I hope that you and Jon Kyl will at some point investigate this 
> apparently total incompetence on the part of FEMA. The top 
officals 
> at FEMA should be held accountable for this. But I'm sure it will 
> be swept under the rug and ignored. 
> 
> Daniel Caldwell 
> danielhcaldwell@h...