New Orleans Predictably now that Gustav is a fading memory for some three weeks old and Ike is now kicking us from the Louisiana coast to the terrible devastation in Galveston with rain and power outages in Houston, FEMA finally calls itself “clarifying” its position on reimbursements and hotels. A piece in the …
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Katrina Lesson for Obama
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 …
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 …