Saturday - December 03, 2005

Gee, Thanks!

First they shot at rescuers during the flooding after Katrina, now they’re threatening to shoot FEMA workers who are trying to help them get back into their homes. The thing is, if FEMA does what they should and just walks away, they’ll whine and complain that the government is not looking after them and “Bush lied, blah-blah-blah”. Dammit, if I were in charge, I’d bulldoze the whole place to the ground and tell these ungrateful wretches to go pound sand ....

FEMA Pulls Out of Lower Ninth
Agency Calls for Troops, Reporting Threats of Violence
NEW ORLEANS (WASHINGTON POST)

The Federal Emergency Management Agency pulled all its workers out of New Orleans’s Lower Ninth Ward yesterday after threats of violence and planned to request additional police or National Guard support, a FEMA spokeswoman said. The Lower Ninth Ward was reopened Thursday; it was the last neighborhood in the city to remain closed as a result of Hurricane Katrina. Residents, who had been limited to bus tours, were allowed to reenter homes, inspect damage and retrieve items but not stay in the area, which still lacks electricity.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers workers near levees and FEMA workers—who were on hand to help remove debris, set up disaster service centers and coordinate relief—received numerous threats, said FEMA spokeswoman Nicol Andrews . About 20 FEMA workers were withdrawn from the area, Andrews said.

“It’s unfortunate that threats of violence would be made against anyone, as we all work together to recover from this disaster,” Andrews said. “The first priority is to protect and ensure the safety of FEMA workers. There are a lot of employees working hard . . . to help folks return to their homes and ensure they are receiving the assistance they are eligible for under the law.”

One relief worker in the region said an angry resident berated a Corps of Engineers employee before delivering a threat to the effect of “I’m going to go get my gun, and I’m going to kill you.” Federal agents have arrested six people in the New Orleans area in recent weeks for making threats against FEMA workers, who have been advised against wearing clothing with the agency logo in public. A New Orleans Police spokesman did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

- More on this story here

Posted by The Skipper     on 12/03/2005 at 09:36 AM   
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