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BEST FEDERAL DISASTER RESPONSE IN U.S. HISTORY

Monday, September 12, 2005

Jack Kelly: No shame: "The federal response to Katrina was not as portrayed It is settled wisdom among journalists that the federal response to the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina was unconscionably slow. 'Mr. Bush's performance last week will rank as one of the worst ever during a dire national emergency,' wrote New York Times columnist Bob Herbert in a somewhat more strident expression of the conventional wisdom. But the conventional wisdom is the opposite of the truth. Jason van Steenwyk is a Florida Army National Guardsman who has been mobilized six times for hurricane relief. He notes that: 'The federal government pretty much met its standard time lines, but the volume of support provided during the 72-96 hour was unprecedented. The federal response here was faster than Hugo, faster than Andrew, faster than Iniki, faster than Francine and Jeanne.'"

posted by Jack Mercer @ 9/12/2005 05:53:00 AM

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