Comments on: Feds burn food, ship ice to Maine; New Orleans evacuates again http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2005/09/21/feds-burn-food-ship-ice-to-maine/ Protect yourself from government gaffes, bureaucratic blunders and incumbent incompetence Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:25:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: FEMA left modular homes out to rot - Homeland Stupidity http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2005/09/21/feds-burn-food-ship-ice-to-maine/#comment-2699 FEMA left modular homes out to rot - Homeland Stupidity Mon, 13 Nov 2006 22:35:57 +0000 http://www.ioerror.us/2005/09/21/feds-burn-food-ship-ice-to-maine/#comment-2699 [...] Overpurchasing and poor storage sounds just like a government-run operation. This is the same government agency that purchased too much ice and sent truckers hauling it all over the country, even as far as Maine, before finally warehousing it. Nobody who needed it got very much ice. [...] [...] Overpurchasing and poor storage sounds just like a government-run operation. This is the same government agency that purchased too much ice and sent truckers hauling it all over the country, even as far as Maine, before finally warehousing it. Nobody who needed it got very much ice. [...]

]]> By: Getting really ready: Don’t rely on Homeland Security - Homeland Stupidity http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2005/09/21/feds-burn-food-ship-ice-to-maine/#comment-2698 Getting really ready: Don’t rely on Homeland Security - Homeland Stupidity Tue, 01 Aug 2006 19:11:48 +0000 http://www.ioerror.us/2005/09/21/feds-burn-food-ship-ice-to-maine/#comment-2698 [...] Which means that they have far more supplies and materiel to send to the wrong places and prevent from getting to people in need. [...] [...] Which means that they have far more supplies and materiel to send to the wrong places and prevent from getting to people in need. [...]

]]> By: Low morale persistent at Homeland Security - Homeland Stupidity http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2005/09/21/feds-burn-food-ship-ice-to-maine/#comment-2697 Low morale persistent at Homeland Security - Homeland Stupidity Tue, 23 May 2006 15:28:37 +0000 http://www.ioerror.us/2005/09/21/feds-burn-food-ship-ice-to-maine/#comment-2697 [...] Nowhere is this more evident than in the Federal Emergency Management Agency, hit hard by its inability to respond quickly and effectively to Hurricane Katrina last summer. FEMA has failed to fill senior-level jobs, according to a memorandum the subcommittee released late Thursday. Subcommittee member Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., whose district was hit by Hurricane Katrina, said with just two weeks left before this year’s storm season begins, the agency must beef up its ranks. [...] [...] Nowhere is this more evident than in the Federal Emergency Management Agency, hit hard by its inability to respond quickly and effectively to Hurricane Katrina last summer. FEMA has failed to fill senior-level jobs, according to a memorandum the subcommittee released late Thursday. Subcommittee member Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., whose district was hit by Hurricane Katrina, said with just two weeks left before this year’s storm season begins, the agency must beef up its ranks. [...]

]]> By: Chertoff: I’m “retooling FEMA” - Homeland Security or Homeland Stupidity http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2005/09/21/feds-burn-food-ship-ice-to-maine/#comment-2696 Chertoff: I’m “retooling FEMA” - Homeland Security or Homeland Stupidity Mon, 02 Jan 2006 04:47:55 +0000 http://www.ioerror.us/2005/09/21/feds-burn-food-ship-ice-to-maine/#comment-2696 [...] Bureaucracy was cited as one of the major stumbling blocks in government response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita this year, and Chertoff announced in October his intentions of reorganizing the agency. [...] [...] Bureaucracy was cited as one of the major stumbling blocks in government response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita this year, and Chertoff announced in October his intentions of reorganizing the agency. [...]

]]> By: It’s your money they’re wasting - Homeland Security or Homeland Stupidity http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2005/09/21/feds-burn-food-ship-ice-to-maine/#comment-2694 It’s your money they’re wasting - Homeland Security or Homeland Stupidity Fri, 16 Dec 2005 00:35:02 +0000 http://www.ioerror.us/2005/09/21/feds-burn-food-ship-ice-to-maine/#comment-2694 [...] It’s your money they’re wasting By: IO ERROR Posted: October 2, 2005 10:14 am Updated: December 15, 2005 6:30 pm Congress is set to authorize $200 billion in Hurricane Katrina disaster relief funding. Maybe we should take a look at where this money is going.Remember that ice that got shipped to Maine? Stephen VanDyke points out that it’s going all over the place, at a cost far greater than the actual cost of the ice or the usual transportation costs. Mike Hohnstein, a dispatcher in Omaha, sent a truckload out of Dubuque, Iowa, to Meridian. From there, the driver was sent to Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana, to Columbia, S.C., and finally to Cumberland, Md., where he bought a lawn chair and waited for six days. [...] [...] It’s your money they’re wasting By: IO ERROR Posted: October 2, 2005 10:14 am Updated: December 15, 2005 6:30 pm Congress is set to authorize $200 billion in Hurricane Katrina disaster relief funding. Maybe we should take a look at where this money is going.Remember that ice that got shipped to Maine? Stephen VanDyke points out that it’s going all over the place, at a cost far greater than the actual cost of the ice or the usual transportation costs. Mike Hohnstein, a dispatcher in Omaha, sent a truckload out of Dubuque, Iowa, to Meridian. From there, the driver was sent to Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana, to Columbia, S.C., and finally to Cumberland, Md., where he bought a lawn chair and waited for six days. [...]

]]> By: FEMA IT systems contribute to response snafus - Homeland Security or Homeland Stupidity http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2005/09/21/feds-burn-food-ship-ice-to-maine/#comment-2695 FEMA IT systems contribute to response snafus - Homeland Security or Homeland Stupidity Thu, 15 Dec 2005 23:42:06 +0000 http://www.ioerror.us/2005/09/21/feds-burn-food-ship-ice-to-maine/#comment-2695 [...] One obvious result of this is that ice needed in New Orleans winds up in Maine. [...] [...] One obvious result of this is that ice needed in New Orleans winds up in Maine. [...]

]]> By: Michael Hampton http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2005/09/21/feds-burn-food-ship-ice-to-maine/#comment-2693 Michael Hampton Sat, 15 Oct 2005 21:39:24 +0000 http://www.ioerror.us/2005/09/21/feds-burn-food-ship-ice-to-maine/#comment-2693 Hm, it seems that food is <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2005/oct/15/usnews.bse" rel="nofollow">still sitting in an Arkansas warehouse</a> and nobody knows what to do with it. Hm, it seems that food is still sitting in an Arkansas warehouse and nobody knows what to do with it.

]]> By: Michael Hampton http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2005/09/21/feds-burn-food-ship-ice-to-maine/#comment-2692 Michael Hampton Thu, 22 Sep 2005 14:26:21 +0000 http://www.ioerror.us/2005/09/21/feds-burn-food-ship-ice-to-maine/#comment-2692 Thanks for the update, Dave. It's interesting to watch our bureaucracy struggle to respond to a crisis that calls for real-time action, with its usual paperwork and red tape. The results are occasionally funny but mostly disastrous. If nothing else, this should point out the absurdly obvious: the U.S. government has gotten too large. Thanks for the update, Dave. It’s interesting to watch our bureaucracy struggle to respond to a crisis that calls for real-time action, with its usual paperwork and red tape. The results are occasionally funny but mostly disastrous.

If nothing else, this should point out the absurdly obvious: the U.S. government has gotten too large.

]]> By: Dave Harmon http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2005/09/21/feds-burn-food-ship-ice-to-maine/#comment-2691 Dave Harmon Thu, 22 Sep 2005 11:34:42 +0000 http://www.ioerror.us/2005/09/21/feds-burn-food-ship-ice-to-maine/#comment-2691 At this point, I;m afraid the food-burning part is a rogue meme. According to the London Times (much more reputable than the Mirror) the food was held up for 5 days, then released. The delay still PO'ed various British officials, but it did not get burned, and the business is long resolved,. See the squelch on Interesting-people at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/200509/msg00343.html And the London Times at: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article564855.ece At this point, I;m afraid the food-burning part is a rogue meme. According to the London Times (much more reputable than the Mirror) the food was held up for 5 days, then released. The delay still PO’ed various British officials, but it did not get burned, and the business is long resolved,.

See the squelch on Interesting-people at:
http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/200509/msg00343.html

And the London Times at:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article564855.ece

]]> By: Michael Hampton http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2005/09/21/feds-burn-food-ship-ice-to-maine/#comment-2690 Michael Hampton Wed, 21 Sep 2005 17:54:34 +0000 http://www.ioerror.us/2005/09/21/feds-burn-food-ship-ice-to-maine/#comment-2690 You're right, it didn't come from Maine, but the article certainly reads like it did. Sorry. You’re right, it didn’t come from Maine, but the article certainly reads like it did. Sorry.

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