so much for TSA employees

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Hugh Crawford <hugh-list () thoughtballoon com>
Date: September 22, 2005 2:13:12 PM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Subject: Re: [IP] so much for TSA employees


And it seems, so much for FEMA employees as well .

FEMA Workers Leave Galveston Ahead of Rita
Sept. 21, 2005 — Galveston, Texas, faces a mandatory evacuation order  
as Hurricane Rita threatens to strike — and apparently, that means  
the feds, too.

The Federal Emergency Management Administration has ordered a local  
team of nine support staffers providing relief to Hurricane Katrina  
refugees to evacuate the Texas city and county.

"There is a mandatory evacuation [and] we're not above the law," said  
Frank Mansell, a FEMA reservist who was the senior federal officer at  
Galveston. "We obey the laws of the local authorities."
Galveston Mayor Lyda Ann Thomas said mayors of all the towns in the  
coastal barrier island county would formally issue the mandatory  
evacuation order this evening.

"At six o'clock or shortly thereafter, the inbound lane on the  
causeway will be closed by the department of public safety," Thomas  
said, according to ABC News Radio.

Thomas told ABC News' Mike von Fremd that she would be staying in  
Galveston to manage the evacuation. She said the state of Texas had  
positioned supplies and National Guard troops nearby, so they would  
be ready if needed.

"I don't know about FEMA," she said. "We're doing what we need to do  
right now. And we hope that wherever FEMA is, they'll help us when we  
need them."

Katrina Relief

In Galveston, the FEMA team was operating a disaster recovery center  
with other agencies and aid organizations — helping Katrina victims  
get answers to their questions, housing, jobs and aid.

With most Katrina refugees in Galveston already placed in apartments,  
the local shelter was almost empty, Mansell said. So once the  
remaining shelter residents had been evacuated, the FEMA workers  
would head inland to Dallas, where they would work with a similar  
team assisting Katrina victims.

A permanent relocation of the Galveston recovery center was possible,  
"depending upon how much damage there is to Galveston" from a  
possible Rita strike, Mansell said.

ABC News' Luis Martinez and Michael S. James contributed to this report.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/HurricaneRita/story?id=1146061



David Farber wrote:


> Mayor of Houston says big big delays at Houston airport since 120  
> plus TSAers did not show for duty
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