Well, it just so happens, the American Bus Association (Greyhound, Coach USA, et. al.) called up to offer every bus they had (thatsa lotta buses, natch) to FEMA.
"We never talked directly to FEMA or got a call back from them," Pantuso said.
Well, it just so happens, the United Motorcoach Association called up to offer every bus they had to FEMA.
Parra said FEMA responded the next day, referring him to an agency Web page labeled "Doing Business with FEMA" but containing no information on the hurricane relief effort.
But the best part is this: FEMA actually has a company that they are supposed to call up in case they need, ya know, buses and stuff: A company called Landstar Express America. What did Landstar do?
[They didn't] order buses until the early hours of Aug. 30, roughly 18 hours after the storm hit, according to Sally Snead, a Carey senior vice president who headed the bus roundup. [Jil says: Carey Limousine is the company Landstar called looking for, ya know, buses and stuff.]
Now, I will admit... the site of hundreds of flooded school buses in New Orleans was a rather potent reminder that there were lots of things that could have been done at the local level... but FEMA... Oh, fema, fema, fema, what were you thinking? It was as if every time there was one of those "should I choose brilliance or should I choose idiocy" moments... well, ya know.
Please, please: Somebody e-mail me with one example of things that didn't go wrong with this agency... (might I add) the agency that is designed to respond to a terrorist attack.
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