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
allowed based builders catch developers last summer weather
Based on the summer we had last year, with all the rain, the weather now has allowed a lot of our developers and builders to catch up a little bit.
everybody jobs people served
People were getting homes, jobs - everybody was getting served one way or another.
continue job people save
People want to lash out at me. People want to lash out at FEMA, I say that's fine. Just lash out that's fine, because my job is to continue to save lives, my job is to continue to save people and I'm going to do that.
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I was still worried about it, because I knew what the potential was. But I think the president was speaking honestly at that point that he didn't really anticipate that they would be breached because of all this conflicting information.
telling
I was screaming, telling him, don't die, and that I'm sorry.
absolutely accused attempt cause challenge comments damage sean surprised
I was surprised by the comments made by Sean Davis. To be accused of deliberately going into a challenge in an attempt to cause damage is absolutely sickening.
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So, if Isabel comes onboard, hits land with a lot of rain, which we expect her to do, there's a very good chance of flooding and that's going to cause a lot of problems,
guess step
So I guess you want me to be the superhero, to step in there and take everyone out of New Orleans.
across area australian cricket expertise mike number programs within
Mike will be working across a number of programs within Australian cricket with his area of expertise in fielding and throwing.
meeting needs
meeting the needs as they are communicated to us.
orleans percent population taken truly words
My first words to him were, 'Mr. President, it is my estimation ... at least 90 percent of the population of New Orleans has been displaced. He was truly taken aback by that.
director
No. No. I'm still the director of FEMA.
available money
Money was not available to do the follow-up.
bad gut tells
My gut tells me ... this is a bad one and a big one.