It doesn’t seem to be getting anywhere near the coverage that the horrific response to Katrina got, but it seems like FEMA isn’t doing much better in their response to Ike. I had heard some of this from a couple of people I know in Houston. One is a co-worker and the other is a former co-worker. The devastation, especially on the islands, is a lot worse than what you’d think based on the national coverage.
The general counsel of the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs says “they don’t seem to care much if we lose these communities down there.”. I’ve heard many a smug, holier than thou conservative type say that we shouldn’t provide government aid to people who live in hurricane country (or earthquake country, or fire country or anything other than the snow and tornado country where they seem to live). You’ve got to wonder after a while: is it incompetence driving FEMA’s behavior or is policy? Maybe they really don’t care if we lose those communities.
