Take your time…not like it’s an emergency or anything: FEMA Chief Sent Help Only When Storm Ended

The government’s disaster chief waited until hours after Hurricane Katrina had already struck the Gulf Coast before asking his boss to dispatch 1,000 Homeland Security workers to support rescuers in the region —

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If you missed Mayor Nagin on Nightline this past Sunday, here’s a partial transcript.

That says that people value their property, and were protecting property, over human life.

Official says feds warned of storm’s potential:

Max Mayfield, director of the National Hurricane Center, said yesterday that officials with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Department of Homeland Security — including FEMA Director Mike Brown and Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff — listened in on electronic briefings

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