Michael Brown

Michael Brown
Former administrator of FEMA who resigned from his position after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Many americans blamed him for the slow response to help those in New Orleans in the aftermath of the deadly hurricane.
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth8 November 1954
CityGuymon, OK
cash concept decisions empowers repair
The concept is to get them some cash on hand, which empowers them to make their own decisions about what do they need to have to repair their own lives.
cash concept decisions empowers hand repair
The concept is to get them some cash on hand which allows them, empowers them to make their own decisions about what do they need to have to repair their own lives,
cash concept decisions empowers hand start
The concept is to get them some cash in hand which allows them, empowers them, to make their own decisions about what do they need to have to start rebuilding.
empower great hurricane rebuilding start survivors
a great way to ... empower these hurricane survivors to really start rebuilding their lives.
caused hurricane wide
This hurricane has caused devastation over a wide area.
cities community dire income less
This is a community that's in dire need of jobs, which has a median income of less than $19,000 a year, ... If we don't use this power, cities will die.
flooding
The flooding is just everywhere... New Orleans, all through Mississippi and Alabama,
complete lane sidewalk waste
The construction of this sidewalk on a dead-end lane is a complete waste of taxpayers' money.
caused earlier needs public reports sure
I'm sure it caused some delay. I think the public needs to know there was some confusion, that we had reports earlier in the day of a breach.
alabama attitude concerned florida hit louisiana past people storms toward watched
I'm very concerned about people in Mississippi and Louisiana who have watched these storms the past two years hit Florida and Alabama and may have a little lackadaisical attitude toward this thing.
difficult disaster
in general, will show that this was a disaster of catastrophic proportions where communications were difficult at best, and communications were nonexistent at other times.
aware
They were aware of what was going on.
difficult walking
He's walking in at a very difficult time.
full media
I know that the media will be out in full force, on the ground, in boats, and in the air, but so will we,