President Obama's FEMA Ignores a Tragedy
A natural disaster.
People dying.
No end in sight.
FEMA a "No Show".
The President reads a book to school children.
Where is the outrage?
The Associated Press: Life after ice storm dire, getting worse in spots: "At least 42 people have died, including 11 in Kentucky, and conditions are worsening in many places days after an ice storm knocked out power to 1.3 million customers from the Plains to the East Coast. About a million people were still without electric Friday, and with no hope that the lights will come back on soon, small communities are frantically struggling to help their residents.
One county put it bluntly: It can't.
'We're asking people to pack a suitcase and head south and find a motel if they have the means, because we can't service everybody in our shelter,' said Crittenden County Judge-Executive Fred Brown, who oversees about 9,000 people, many of whom are sleeping in the town's elementary school.
Local officials were growing angry with what they said was a lack of help from the state and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. In Grayson County, about 80 miles southwest of Louisville, Emergency Management Director Randell Smith said the 25 National Guardsmen who have responded have no chain saws to clear fallen trees.
'We've got people out in some areas we haven't even visited yet,' Smith said. 'We don't even know that they're alive.'
Smith said FEMA has been a no-show so far."
People dying.
No end in sight.
FEMA a "No Show".
The President reads a book to school children.
Where is the outrage?
The Associated Press: Life after ice storm dire, getting worse in spots: "At least 42 people have died, including 11 in Kentucky, and conditions are worsening in many places days after an ice storm knocked out power to 1.3 million customers from the Plains to the East Coast. About a million people were still without electric Friday, and with no hope that the lights will come back on soon, small communities are frantically struggling to help their residents.
One county put it bluntly: It can't.
'We're asking people to pack a suitcase and head south and find a motel if they have the means, because we can't service everybody in our shelter,' said Crittenden County Judge-Executive Fred Brown, who oversees about 9,000 people, many of whom are sleeping in the town's elementary school.
Local officials were growing angry with what they said was a lack of help from the state and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. In Grayson County, about 80 miles southwest of Louisville, Emergency Management Director Randell Smith said the 25 National Guardsmen who have responded have no chain saws to clear fallen trees.
'We've got people out in some areas we haven't even visited yet,' Smith said. 'We don't even know that they're alive.'
Smith said FEMA has been a no-show so far."
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