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
learned past save
We've been able to put those things we've learned in the past in place and save many more structures,
possibly respond state
We're going to need everything that we can possibly muster, not only in this state and in the region, but the nation, to respond to this event.
applies generic
That's a generic rule. I don't know if it applies to Bush,
flooding
The flooding is just everywhere... New Orleans, all through Mississippi and Alabama,
confirmed larger object outer pluto solar
This is the first object to be confirmed to be larger than Pluto in the outer solar system.
inherently moon planets
Having a moon is just inherently cool, and is something that most self-respecting planets have.
emergency largest recovery resources response single
the single largest mobilization of emergency response and recovery resources in history.
whipping
Man, 54 years old, and I've never had a whipping like this in my life.
breach emergency management people prepare remember rescue whether
I think the important thing to remember is in emergency management you prepare for the worst. Whether there had been a breach or topping of the levees you still need to be getting rescue people in there immediately.
activities busy concerned schedule
He's a very busy person and that has always concerned me, that his schedule and his activities were very heavy.
anticipate honestly knew point potential president speaking worried
I was still worried about it, because I knew what the potential was. But I think the president was speaking honestly at that point that he didn't really anticipate that they would be breached because of all this conflicting information.
director
No. No. I'm still the director of FEMA.
consensus fiscal reflected results special year
Excluding the fiscal year 1999 special charges, Litton's results would have reflected consensus expectations.
awareness claim
I find it a little disingenuous. For them to claim that we didn't have awareness of it is just baloney.