Thursday, September 29, 2005

SNAF(ema)U

County Judge Carl Griffith said today he has become so frustrated with the federal relief effort that he has instructed all local officials to use police force if they have to to take supplies from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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"We can't help it if politicans come here and just want to be seen by the media."
more here - hat tip to bopnews.

and then there's this:

Saying they were caught off-guard by the number of people in need, FEMA officials closed a relief center early on Wednesday after some of the hundreds of hurricane victims in line began fainting in triple-digit heat.
read the whole thing here

Not as big as SNAFU as NOLA certainly but still not good.