WASHINGTON -- Lawyers for the government's disaster relief agency discouraged officials from pursuing reports that trailers housing hurricane victims had dangerous levels of formaldehyde, according to documents released Thursday.
The House committee unearthed documents in which one FEMA lawyer advised: "Do not initiate any testing until we give the OK. ... Once you get results ... the clock is running on our duty to respond to them."
Paulison said FEMA's lawyers were trying to protect the agency from lawsuits, but he now realizes FEMA should have been more aggressive in dealing with the concerns about formaldehyde. "We simply did not have a grasp of the situation at the time," he said.
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2007-07-21 04:21:27 · 6 answers · asked by bruce b 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
They should be charged with involuntary manslaughter because the people living in these trailers will or may eventually get sick. They had to have known these trailers weren't safe and if they didn't, they should have inspected them thoroughly before handing them out.
2007-07-21 04:32:10 · answer #1 · answered by bellslady65 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Sorry - this is my answer to your "What to the Warmers want" question. Modern Environmentalism can be divided into Conservationists, Socialists & Luddites. Think of it as a large dysfunctional RELIGON. Conservationists are the faithful. What they WANT is to preserve the environment without eviscerating their lifestyle. This is you. Socialists are the leadership. They could care less about the faith, because it's all a tool to acquire & maintain power. This is Al Gore. Luddites are the zealots. They believe Man is so desperately sinful; the apocalypse cannot come fast enough. This is the 'shut down the factories' crown. For them your Lifestyle and even you Life IS the problem to be solved. This is the Uni Bomber. Now lets call Global Warming is the judgment of God. Which would make SIN the act of emitting more carbon than is removed. I..e. using fossil fuel instead of natural or agrecultural fuel. Now growing your own fuel is a lot more expensive than just grabbing the stuff Dinosaurs left behind - but in theory if we used & grew our fuel VERY effeciently…. … we JUST might squeak by without too much pain. But this is what a Conservationist wants. The MAJORITY of Environmental leaders are Socialists or Luddites. What they WANT is your Enslavement or Extermination. Which is why you can't believe a damn thing they say. And why their Scientists are as reliable as a Doctor hired by a Cigarrette company. The Socialists don't CARE if 'Carbon Caps' are rational. Control of Carbon emmisions, is control of enery, is control of ecomomy. And that's what they WANT. They don't CARE that Ethanol is a blazingly IRRATIONAL bio-fuel. Because forcing it's use raises the price of corn which buys the farmbelt vote, & is percieved by most others as a 'step in the right direction'.
2016-05-19 02:59:58 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Fema was trying to do thousands of things at once to relieve the disaster and had very limitted resources.
2007-07-21 05:04:47 · answer #3 · answered by Michael C 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No..Where should the people have been housed..I guess that FEMA should have bought everybody a new house and the liberals would have been happy
2007-07-21 04:41:29 · answer #4 · answered by John 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Choose, Trailer-Dirt Road? NO
2007-07-21 04:26:51 · answer #5 · answered by angelman13a 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
FEMA execs should be buried in FEMA trailers.
2007-07-21 05:02:55 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋