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
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We've been able to put those things we've learned in the past in place and save many more structures,
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I see them picking up the trees, but it's the garbage we need to get picked up now.
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a great way to ... empower these hurricane survivors to really start rebuilding their lives.
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They are fighting an uphill battle. They wouldn't give me the money and resources to do it.
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I probably should have just resigned my post earlier and gone public with some of these things.
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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.
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I was screaming, telling him, don't die, and that I'm sorry.
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I'm very excited to be joining Fulham and I'm looking forward to the challenges that this new opportunity brings.
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It is important that I leave now to avoid further distraction from the ongoing mission of FEMA.
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I truly believed the White House was not at fault here,
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And while my heart goes out to people on fixed incomes, it is primarily a state and local responsibility. And in my opinion, it's the responsibility of faith-based organizations, of churches and charities and others, to help those people.
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Thank you for your consideration in helping us meet our responsibilities in this near catastrophic event.
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He liked to get into a lot of stuff. When I think about him, I think of his smile and his hair.
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His whole life was his family. It's a tragic situation for everyone involved. These two young children, they have no mother, no father and no grandma.