Canadians Beat FEMA To Disaster Area

Here is yet another example of the inept management of FEMA and it's leader Michael Brown (who's only claim to fame until now was checking to see if some horse breeder liposuctioned some horses' butt before a competition). Common Dreams reports: A Canadian search-and-rescue team reached a flooded New Orleans suburb to help save trapped residents five days before the U.S. military, a Louisiana state senator said on Wednesday. Republican State Senator Walter Boasso (Chalmette) said the 68,000 people of his parrish were largely ignored by U.S. authorities who scrambled to get aid to New Orleans, a few miles (km) away. Boasso said residents of the outlying parishes had to mount their own rescue and relief efforts. Boasso said U.S. authorities began airdropping relief supplies to St. Bernard last Wednesday, the same day the Canadian rescue team of about 50 members arrived from Vancouver, nearly 2,200 miles away. The Canadians beat both the Army and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the U.S. disaster response department, to St. Bernard Parish east of New Orleans, where flood waters are still 8 feet deep in places. This is why I am proud to be a Canadian, and long for those days when the U.S. agencies responded just as quickly to both its' own and outher countries' citizens when there were tragedies. If King George had any pride at all he would be totally ashamed and show it instead of making excuses and passing the blame of on local officials. MORE....