I just heard this on CNN, so I can't provide the link to it I would like to, but earlier today a refugee from New Orleans noted that his debit card was useless. His bank is either underwater or without power, so the computer can't confirm that he has cash to back up his purchases. Which means he may be as rich as Midas, but he can't access the funds, so he's as poor as a homeless person.
Which brings me to the head of FEMA, on tape just now on CNN. He referred to the same problem, and while he'd told Larry King earlier, live, that FEMA had specifically prepared for a hurricane strike on New Orleans as its worst-case scenario of all possible natural disasters in the U.S., apparently they didn't prepare for this. His solution? Ask the Red Cross. Or charities. Or churches.
The Red Cross, I understand, has taken in $21 million in relief funds for this effort. But who do you think has the greater financial resources? The Red Cross? a local church? Or the Federal Government?
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