Computer systems blamed for feeble hurricane response

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: chodge5 () utk edu
Date: September 13, 2005 3:17:10 PM EDT
To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Subject: Computer systems blamed for feeble hurricane response



For IP if you wish. This has sparked an interesting thread over on  
nanog.
If you go to http://www.fema.gov, select How to Get Help in the left- 
hand
nav bar, and then select Contact Us (at the bottom of the page)  
you'll get
a 403 Forbidden error.

Via The Inquirer:
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=26125

REPORTERS at the Wall Street Journal said they have seen documents which
show that a swift response by the US federal government to Hurricane
Katrina was hampered because FEMA computer servers crashed.

Attempts by agencies to spur the Federal Emergency Management Agency  
into
urgent action were met with bouncing emails, the Journal said.

It quoted a Department of Health official as saying every email it  
had sent
to FEMA staff bounced. "They need a better internet provider during
disasters," the Journal quoted her or him as saying.

The newspaper did not say which computer systems FEMA uses.




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