Aaron Broussard, the President of Jefferson Parish, was on Meet the Press and gave very moving testimony about what happened. If you haven't seen it, I encourage you to go to Crooks & Liars and watch.
Mr. Broussard also mentioned 3 puzzling actions by FEMA officials and I think we all deserve to find out exactly why these actions were taken:
We had Wal-Mart deliver three trucks of water, trailer trucks of water. FEMA turned them back. They said we didn't need them. This was a week ago. FEMA--we had 1,000 gallons of diesel fuel on a Coast Guard vessel docked in my parish. The Coast Guard said, "Come get the fuel right away." When we got there with our trucks, they got a word. "FEMA says don't give you the fuel." Yesterday--yesterday--FEMA comes in and cuts all of our emergency communication lines. They cut them without notice. Our sheriff, Harry Lee, goes back in, he reconnects the line. He posts armed guards on our line and says, "No one is getting near these lines."
Monday, September 05, 2005
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