On Fri, 02 Sep 2005 17:16:48 -0500, R. I. Nelson wrote:

> I would like to offer an explanation for some of the delay of the 
> federal government acting in this disaster. First off the National guard 
> is state controlled and can be activated by the governor.  The Army, 
> Navy, Marines, Air Force and Coast Guard are Federal under direction of 
> the President.  The President CANNOT send Federal troops into a state 
> unless the governor ASKS for help.  From What I heard The governor of  
> Louisiana did not Officially ask for help until WEDS.  And then  Think 
> of the logistics of all this.  Who controls what.  National guard form 3 
> different states army troops State Police City cops.  Man this is a 
> night mare.  Top it all off with some IDIOTS sniping at ambulances 
> trying to help sick people.  

You're saying that people are suffering and dying because of beaureaucracy???

Isn't that precisely what FEMA is there for, to cut across all that?

Howard Winter
St.Albans, England


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