New Orleans As I write Hurricane Ike has plummeted Galveston and Houston. Storm surges of almost 12 feet were reported in Galveston, and some were calling it lucky that the surge was not twice that at the 25 feet that had been predicted. Close to 3 million people in the greater Houston area …
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More on Hurricane Foodstamps
New Orleans Yesterday’s blog talked about two problems with getting emergency food stamps to people in the humanitarian crisis that is represented by a mandatory — and potentially necessary and lifesaving — evacuation in the face of a hurricane. Today I would like to add something to this theme and pile on in another …
Hurricane Food Stamps
New Orleans In the wake of the glancing blows from Hurricane Gustav and the mandatory evacuation of New Orleans and almost 2 million people in south Louisiana, citizens are still learning about the huge gaps in dealing with a government that is bureaucracy centered, rather than people focused. The latest fiasco that surprisingly has …