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...blessings, we are dismayed to hear news from Washington about Katrina fatigue in Congress and the decision by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to disband its emergency-housing program on Dec. 1 for those still scattered to the four winds. Members of Congress appear to be tired of hearing about the needs of evacuees, the lives lost and the vestiges of formerly thriving communities along the devastated Gulf Coast. Legislators are beginning to turn their attention elsewhere, while hurricane exiles wait for a sign that it is safe to go home again. But we are all suffering from Katrina...
...loved his neighbors. Today, in Katrina-imposed exile, he misses his old community. The 75-year-old father of nine has left New Orleans only two times in his life. The first was to serve his country in Korea. The second was when FEMA evacuated him to San Antonio, Texas, during the catastrophic flood that followed Katrina. As he jokes to his friends, both times the government picked up the tab. Now he waits daily for FEMA to give him hope as our family members try to rebuild and reconnect with our roots...
...people get it? E-mail is dangerous, especially if you dash it off without thinking about where it's going. A few politicos, including former FEMA director Michael Brown, learned their lesson last week when careless office repartee became national must-reads...
...MICHAEL BROWN, responding to the FEMA official in New Orleans who informed him that evacuees had no food and the city was near chaos: "Thanks for update. Anything specific I need to do or tweak...
Sept. 4, 2005, 10:17 a.m. FEMA's press secretary to BROWN after he appeared alongside George W. Bush at a post-Katrina press conference: "Please roll up the sleeves of your shirt ... all shirts. Even the President rolled his sleeves to just below the elbow ... you look more hard-working ... ROLL UP THE SLEEVES...