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Saturday, September 10, 2005

Some perspective, please, or "Alfredo, you're still my brother!" 
Much has been written about FEMA director Michael Brown's recall to Washington, as if that were indicative of some sort of disciplinary action. Well, before you go comparing Michael Brown to Fredo Corleone, consider this:

With the arrival of General Honore and the Coast Guard Chief of Staff, and a good deal of other federal talent to the affected area, Michael Brown was simply no longer neccessary. Even though I've called for his head over FEMA forcing firefighters to sit through sexual harrassment classes in Atlanta before going into the red zone, Michael Brown would be doing all of us a disservice by getting tunnel vision in New Orleans and Mississippi. That's what FEMA has regional directors for. Although his job is complicated by the fact that Katrina struck a boundary between two regions, he must not lose sight of the fact that his mission is to be prepared and vigilant for the next disaster. And with Hurricane Ophelia brewing off the coast of Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina, threatening to overwhelm the resources of FEMA's southeast region, Brown had the responsibility to begin preparing for that eventuality, too -- perhaps by transferring assets from northern FEMA regions down towards Atlanta. Yes, I predict that there is movement in the backfield now for this very eventuality.

Consider, too, that Al Qaeda would like nothing better than to strike now, while emergency assets are concentrated in New Orleans. If I'm Osama Bin Ladin, I'd be pushing my cells to accelerate any planned strikes as soon as I could, in order to take advantage of the distraction and the fingerpointing.

Because that's true, one must assume that the risk level now from terrorist attack is elevated.

If the President or Michael Brown believe he can best do that job from FEMA headquarters in Washington, then that is where Michael Brown should post.

You don't put the commander in a position where he's pinned down. You put the commander where he can control the battlefield. That's not up front with your lead riflemen. You pull him back where he can control his reserve. That's what's being done with Brown, and that is right and proper.

Second, if Brown were new to the disaster management business when he was hired from his Arabian horse gig, he's not new anymore. Anyone who went through the Summer Storms of 2004 in the disaster management biz is no longer a rookie, and that experience is hard to replace.

I've put soldiers in jobs they weren't qualified to do on paper before, many times. I'd rather put a good man in a job he's got to grow into rather than a weak man (or woman) in a job for which they're qualified on paper. Every newspaper editor in the country has hired like that. Hell, the DNC hires like that. James Carville got his job because someone, somewhere, took a chance on him.

I still believe Atlanta became mired in bureaucracy, and some ass needs to be kicked. But overall, FEMA is doing its job. FEMA, and the military, it may turn out, was the only disaster management organizations involved here who even KNEW their jobs! Mayor Nagin sure as Hell didn't. Governor Blanco sure didn't. It appears the Governor of Mississippi did, fortunately.

Splash, out

Jason

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Yes, Atlanta. That's where the FEMA regional headquarters is. There's another one in Texas, responsible for Louisiana, but the Texas FEMA regional headquarters is responsible for Mississippi and Alabama, according to FM 100-17.

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