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
breach chief concern involved president videotape
I can tell you everyone involved in that videotape and in my conversations with the president and with the chief of staff, our concern was always the breach of the levees.
fix
If he's not going to fix things, I think he should.
atmosphere bit few finish knuckle match stages
There were a few stages in the match when the atmosphere was a little bit daunting, but I was able to knuckle down and finish well which was really pleasing.
abandoned business case caution domain eminent gone government money properties
Government does have the right to take properties under eminent domain with caution and responsibility. In this case the tenant had gone out of business and abandoned the property. It is not right for them to get money because they breached the lease.
consider curious designed people themselves
CRU was designed for the spiritually curious and the religiously restless. There are many people who would consider themselves a part of CRU.
awareness information receiving
They should have had awareness of it because they were receiving the same information that we were.
caused hurricane wide
This hurricane has caused devastation over a wide area.
agencies dollars local serve
It's real important to get these dollars to get to local agencies to serve the area,
cash concept decisions empowers repair
The concept is to get them some cash on hand, which empowers them to make their own decisions about what do they need to have to repair their own lives.
ignore mind negative press wearing
I don't mind the negative press (well, actually, I do, but I try to ignore it) but it is really wearing out the family,
hours maybe screamed
Maybe I should have screamed 12 hours earlier.
data
If the data suggests we need to go further, we will.
command horrible unified
I am having a horrible time. I can't get a unified command established.
gut hurts
I've got to tell you my gut hurts on this one. It hurts. I've got cramps. So we need to take this one very, very seriously.