It might cross your mind, at some point in the next few days, to write something about how "stupid" the people trapped in the disaster zones have been, or how "lazy" they must be to not have escaped sooner, or how they "deserved what they got" for choosing to live somewhere on the Gulf Coast, within direct reach of hurricanes.
Yet that's essentially what the head of FEMA is saying (http://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/09/01/katrina.fema.brown/index.html).
Michael Brown also agreed with other public officials that the death toll in the city could reach into the thousands.
"Unfortunately, that's going to be attributable a lot to people who did not heed the advance warnings," Brown told CNN.
"I don't make judgments about why people chose not to leave but, you know, there was a mandatory evacuation of New Orleans," he said.
Yarha, Wonders if the Federal Government is Still Viable
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
branchandroot
no subject
Date: 2005-09-02 04:38 pm (UTC)Yet that's essentially what the head of FEMA is saying (http://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/09/01/katrina.fema.brown/index.html).
Michael Brown also agreed with other public officials that the death toll in the city could reach into the thousands.
"Unfortunately, that's going to be attributable a lot to people who did not heed the advance warnings," Brown told CNN.
"I don't make judgments about why people chose not to leave but, you know, there was a mandatory evacuation of New Orleans," he said.
Yarha, Wonders if the Federal Government is Still Viable