Michael Brown
Michael Brown
Former administrator of FEMA who resigned from his position after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Many americans blamed him for the slow response to help those in New Orleans in the aftermath of the deadly hurricane.
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth8 November 1954
CityGuymon, OK
disaster katrina
This disaster did not end the day Katrina made landfall,
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I serve totally at the will of the president.
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Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job.
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You see, I get it when it comes to incident command systems, ... I get it when it comes to emergency management. I know what it's all about.
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He was acting irrationally. He was acting in a rage, an explosive rage.
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I can't emphasize enough to viewers how serious FEMA is taking this storm. We've done a lot of planning for a hurricane striking New Orleans because of New Orleans lying below sea level.
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I surmise there are people in New Orleans who won't be able to get back to their homes for months, if ever.
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I'm sure it caused some delay. I think the public needs to know there was some confusion, that we had reports earlier in the day of a breach.
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Paula, the federal Government did not even know about the convention centre people until today.
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The concept is to get them some cash in hand which allows them, empowers them, to make their own decisions about what do they need to have to start rebuilding.
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As we entered this quarter, we expected desktop units to be relatively flat, with revenue down sequentially due to continued pricing pressures, ... However, pricing pressures have been more severe than expected, with the sequential rate of price decline roughly double that of the prior two quarters.
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considering the dire circumstances that we have in New Orleans, virtually a city that has been destroyed, things are going relatively well.
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Thanks for update. Anything specific I need to do or tweak?
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It's not mean-spirited humor, it's just good satire. I go in with my eyes open that they will do whatever they can to make fun of me. But I hope people see I'm human and a decent guy.