Paulison: We're not the FEMA of 2005
Some skeptical senators questioned Thursday whether the agency much maligned for its response to Hurricane Katrina is better prepared today to respond to another major hurricane season. "I still continue to be frustrated by the apparent lack of urgency" within the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-Louisiana, told FEMA Director R. David Paulison at a hearing to assess the agency's reform efforts since the August 2005 storm. "If we're hit by another catastrophic hurricane that causes similar flooding or displacement of a million people ... I'm not sure we are actually any better off today than we were 2 |
