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
absolutely fair federal government learned people
Brian, it's an absolutely fair question... The federal government just learned about those people today.
absolutely disaster supplies understand
I understand people's frustrations. This has been an absolutely catastrophic disaster and so, we're doing absolutely everything we can to get the supplies into those folks.
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.
absolutely arriving convention feed five learned less night supplies trucks understand
There were five trucks arriving (Thursday) night to feed well over 50,000 people. There's less than that there. We're also diverting supplies to the convention center, which I learned about (Thursday). So I understand people's frustrations. But this has been an absolutely catastrophic disaster, and we're doing absolutely everything we can to get the supplies into those folks.
absolutely care people sure telling understand
We can take care of our own people, ... and we're going to do that. I understand their frustration. I understand these people are suffering, and I'm telling you we're doing absolutely everything we can to make sure we take care of them.
absolutely resent saying
I absolutely resent you saying I didn't have leadership.
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.
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,
bad gut knew
I knew in my gut this was the bad one.
center convention federal government people time until
The federal government did not even know about the convention center people until today.... Now is not the time to be blaming.
continue country disaster dog fema full good government help history home hug limit maybe meal mexican stiff stretched walk wife worst
I'm going to go home and walk my dog and hug my wife and, maybe get a good Mexican meal and a stiff margarita and a full night's sleep. And then I'm going to go right back to FEMA and continue to do all I can to help these victims, ... This story's not about me. This story's about the worst disaster of the history of our country that stretched every government to its limit and now we have to help these victims.
difficult facing hope plight publicity
I hope to give them some publicity about the plight they're facing right now. They're in difficult straits right now.