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"FEMA Chief Sent Help Only When Storm Ended"

Associated Press

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 - and gave them two days to arrive, according to internal
documents.

Michael Brown, director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency,
sought the approval from Homeland Security Secretary Mike Chertoff
roughly five hours after Katrina made landfall on Aug. 29. Brown said
that among duties of these employees was to "convey a positive image"
about the government's response for victims.

Before then, FEMA had positioned smaller rescue and communications
teams across the Gulf Coast. But officials acknowledged Tuesday the
first department-wide appeal for help came only as the storm raged.

(snip)

Meanwhile, the airline industry said the government's request for help
evacuating storm victims didn't come until late Thursday afternoon. The
president of the Air Transport Association, James May, said the
Homeland Security Department called then to ask if the group could
participate in an airlift for refugees.

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