Texas mayors say FEMA didn't deliver on promise to do better - Yahoo! News
Texas mayors say FEMA didn't deliver on promise to do better - Yahoo! News: "JEFFERSON COUNTY, Texas - The day after Hurricane Rita battered his town, Nederland Mayor Dick Nugent called the
Federal Emergency Management Agency with a simple plea: Bring us two generators.
Instead, FEMA showed up with a four-stall temporary shower. No generators.
Throughout Jefferson County, where Rita downed power lines and trees, knocked out communications and damaged homes and oil refineries, mayors and local officials this week voiced similar complaints. They said FEMA failed to keep its promise to deliver emergency aid and avoid making some of the same mistakes that followed Hurricane Katrina.
'There was a lot of frustration on all our parts,' said Jefferson County Judge Carl Griffith, who spoke with
President Bush on Tuesday when he toured the Jefferson County town of Port Arthur. 'And hopefully our government will take a look so no American city will have to go through this.'
In southwestern Louisiana, FEMA appeared to be doing a better job distributing essentials such as generators, food and water, residents and officials said. But many people complained they weren't getting financial aid quickly enough."
Federal Emergency Management Agency with a simple plea: Bring us two generators.
Instead, FEMA showed up with a four-stall temporary shower. No generators.
Throughout Jefferson County, where Rita downed power lines and trees, knocked out communications and damaged homes and oil refineries, mayors and local officials this week voiced similar complaints. They said FEMA failed to keep its promise to deliver emergency aid and avoid making some of the same mistakes that followed Hurricane Katrina.
'There was a lot of frustration on all our parts,' said Jefferson County Judge Carl Griffith, who spoke with
President Bush on Tuesday when he toured the Jefferson County town of Port Arthur. 'And hopefully our government will take a look so no American city will have to go through this.'
In southwestern Louisiana, FEMA appeared to be doing a better job distributing essentials such as generators, food and water, residents and officials said. But many people complained they weren't getting financial aid quickly enough."
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