BN>  MS>     If FEMA was so godawful powerful, how come there was two 
BN> weeks of
BN>  MS> outright anarchy in the U.S. Virgin Islands after a recent 
BN> hurricane?
BN>  MS> During that period, local _cops_ joined in the massive looting 
BN> until
BN>  MS> the National Guard was finally sent from Puerto Rico.
BN> 
BN> First, It takes any agency time to get to a disaster when there
BN> is complete distruction like there was. Red Cross and Salvation
BN> Army were not there very fast either
    But nobody ever claimed that the Red Cross or Salvation Army was 
"powerful" to the point of being a "shadow government"!!
BN> my memorry. I remember some reports that were issued that it was
BN> four or five days before response from either ageny in the U.S.
BN> made it to the island due to transportation problems. Taht is
BN> very slow for either one of them.
    Face it, that company of Puerto Rican National Guard troops could have 
been there the day after.  It's not far.
--- Simplex BBS (v1.07.00Beta [DOS])
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