FEMA head Michael Brown insists this is the best the US can do:

Fema head Michael D Brown has defended the federal response, saying that his agency had prepared for the storm, but that the widespread flooding had hampered the operation.

He said personnel, equipment, supplies, trucks and search-and-rescue teams were positioned in the region ahead of the hurricane, the Washington Post quoted him as saying.

"What the American people need to understand is that the full force of the federal government is bringing all of those supplies in, in an unprecedented effort that has not been seen even in the tsunami region," he said.

If Brown is right, that this is the best the Bush administration can do, they should appoint someone who can do better.

Update: Jefferson Parish official to FEMA: "Where are they?"

Posted by Laura at September 3, 2005 12:14 AM