FEMA Blocking Relief Efforts – An Amazing List

Source: informationclearinghouse.info

FEMA won’t accept Amtrak’s help in evacuations
https://news.ft.com/cms/s/84aa35cc-1da8-11da-b40b-00000e

FEMA turns away experienced firefighters
https://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/9/5/105538/7048

FEMA turns back Wal-Mart supply trucks
https://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/05/national/nationalspec

FEMA prevents Coast Guard from delivering diesel fuel
https://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/05/national/nationalspec

FEMA won’t let Red Cross deliver food
https://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05246/565143.stm

FEMA bars morticians from entering New Orleans
https://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=15147862&BRD=…

FEMA blocks 500-boat citizen flotilla from delivering aid
https://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/9/3/171718/0826

FEMA fails to utilize Navy ship with 600-bed hospital on board
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0509

FEMA to Chicago: Send just one truck
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-050902dale

FEMA turns away generators
https://www.wwltv.com/local/stories/WWLBLOG.ac3fcea.html

FEMA: “First Responders Urged Not To Respond”
https://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=18470

That last one is real — not satire but straight from FEMA’s website.

Report prepared by “forest25”

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