I was just listening to the radio a few minutes ago and heard a conversation (via telephone link) with the mayor of Petal, Mississippi. The interviewer asked him if he had seen any FEMA representatives yet. The answer stunned me…yes, he had seen a FEMA rep last week and the FEMA agent had asked the mayor to provide him with 20 computers, office space and communication lines. The mayor had replied that since the city of Petal owned only 5 computers, he was pretty sure he wouldn’t be able to fill that request. The man from FEMA left town right after that meeting and no one else from that agency has been seen. The mayor went on to explain that he had received a lot of help from private individuals and other governments; such as Indiana State troopers, Canadian police, a company in Kansas had trucked in fuel for their use, etc, etc. He named a dozen or more utilities and private enterprises that had helped as well.
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