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
absolutely resent saying
I absolutely resent you saying I didn't have leadership.
absolutely disaster supplies understand
I understand people's frustrations. This has been an absolutely catastrophic disaster and so, we're doing absolutely everything we can to get the supplies into those folks.
absolutely arriving convention feed five learned less night supplies trucks understand
There were five trucks arriving (Thursday) night to feed well over 50,000 people. There's less than that there. We're also diverting supplies to the convention center, which I learned about (Thursday). So I understand people's frustrations. But this has been an absolutely catastrophic disaster, and we're doing absolutely everything we can to get the supplies into those folks.
absolutely fair federal government learned people
Brian, it's an absolutely fair question... The federal government just learned about those people today.
absolutely accused attempt cause challenge comments damage sean surprised
I was surprised by the comments made by Sean Davis. To be accused of deliberately going into a challenge in an attempt to cause damage is absolutely sickening.
garbage picked picking
I see them picking up the trees, but it's the garbage we need to get picked up now.
empower great hurricane rebuilding start survivors
a great way to ... empower these hurricane survivors to really start rebuilding their lives.
fighting money resources uphill
They are fighting an uphill battle. They wouldn't give me the money and resources to do it.
earlier gone post public resigned
I probably should have just resigned my post earlier and gone public with some of these things.
alabama attitude concerned florida hit louisiana past people storms toward watched
I'm very concerned about people in Mississippi and Louisiana who have watched these storms the past two years hit Florida and Alabama and may have a little lackadaisical attitude toward this thing.
telling
I was screaming, telling him, don't die, and that I'm sorry.
challenges excited forward joining looking opportunity
I'm very excited to be joining Fulham and I'm looking forward to the challenges that this new opportunity brings.
avoid further leave mission ongoing
It is important that I leave now to avoid further distraction from the ongoing mission of FEMA.
believed fault house truly white
I truly believed the White House was not at fault here,