Emergency management--an oxymoron

The FEMA problems get worse every day; apparently, there isn't a better idiot to be found. Thousands of people who evacuated returned to their houses or gave their home addresses to FEMA and were told they could not have their $2,000 because--wait for it--since they are back in their houses, they were not displaced.

Calling the Red Cross is useless. Now, when people call, they get a message telling them that the lines are all busy and forget it. Why we still rely on the Red Cross for anything is beyond me. I thought, after they killed those Americans by giving them deadly blood transfusions in the 80's, they should have ceased to exist. Interestingly, even people who do not like the Red Cross never bring up either the AIDS murders or the later mishandling of funds scandal--just the September 11 issue. Americans have extremely short memories.

Every hour or so, we hear a message on the radio telling us that if we smell gas or hear a hissing noise, we should leave our house immediately and go to a safe place. However, this creates somewhat of a problem for us (see below).