Hurricane Katrina: Disaster Relief

Disaster relief for the victims of Hurricane Katrina

Also see International Aid.

Questions about FEMA
The Daily Dissent Blogspot asked September 5, 2005: "Why did the Federal Emergency Management Agency ...
 * not accept Amtrak's help in evacuations?
 * turn away experienced firefighters?
 * turn back Wal-Mart supply trucks?
 * prevent the Coast Guard from delivering diesel fuel?
 * ban the Red Cross from delivering food?
 * bar morticians from entering New Orleans?
 * block a 500-boat citizen flotilla from delivering aid?
 * fail to utilize a Navy ship with 600-bed hospital on board?
 * allow the city of Chicago to send just one truck? (registration required)
 * turn away generators?
 * state "First Responders Urged Not To Respond"?

Criticism

 * Matthew Brzezinski, "Homeland Emergency: Disaster Relief is Suffering Under New DHS Bureaucracy," Democracy Now!, September 1, 2005.
 * Stephanie Zimmerman and Scott Fornek, "Daley 'shocked' as feds reject aid," Chicago Sun-Times, September 3, 2005.

September 2005

 * Rex Nutting, "Katrina's economic impact spreads; Bush seeks funds," CBS MarketWatch (LexisNexis), September 1, 2005.
 * "Bush rules out significant federal aid to hurricane victims," wsws.org, September 1, 2005.
 * "Elder Bush, Clinton team up again for relief effort. Former presidents create fund for hard-hit states," CNN, September 5, 2005.