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
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We came up to the bar to get some pop. We ended up playing pool.
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Those are not FEMA roles. FEMA doesn't evacuate communities. FEMA does not do law enforcement. FEMA does not do communications.
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We're really good at coordinating, ... We're called the government's honest broker, and I think that's true.
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We've got to give good effort but also do the right thing.
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Today I resigned as director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, ... As I told the president, it is important that I leave now to avoid further distraction from the ongoing mission of FEMA.
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Having a moon is just inherently cool, and is something that most self-respecting planets have.
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I can't emphasize enough to viewers how serious FEMA is taking this storm. We've done a lot of planning for a hurricane striking New Orleans because of New Orleans lying below sea level.
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I can tell you everyone involved in that videotape and in my conversations with the president and with the chief of staff, our concern was always the breach of the levees.
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Given that these two businesses have very different financial models and compete in different market environments, they represent two distinct investment opportunities for shareholders,
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I don't want to alarm anyone that New Orleans is filling up like a bowl. That isn't happening.
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I expected them to cut every piece of red tape, do everything they could ... that I didn't want to hear anybody say that we couldn't do everything they humanly could to respond to this. Because I knew in my gut this was the bad one.
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I am having a horrible time. I can't get a unified command established.
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Brush clearance creates the defensible space that's needed, at least 100 feet surrounding the house. Areas that did burn were not cleared.
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but can I put it in the hands of Secretary Ridge or Secretary Chertoff? No.