New FEMA Director

[muldoon]

http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200909/fema

In Case of Emergency

Craig Fugate, the new head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency under President Barack Obama, is an unusual choice for the job, historically speaking. Unlike many of his predecessors, most famously Michael "Heckuva Job" Brown under President George W. Bush, Fugate (pronounced few-gate) has experience in the relevant subject matter. A former firefighter, Fugate managed disasters for 20 years in Florida, the fiasco capital of America. Even more bizarrely for FEMA, often a dumping ground for friends of the powerful, Fugate has no political connections to Obama. Instead, he got his job the old-fashioned way—when Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano was looking for candidates, people kept mentioning his name. He has a reputation for telling it like it is—in a field where "it" is usually bad. And what Fugate has to say may come as strong medicine for his fellow citizens, nine out of 10 of whom now live in a place at significant risk for some kind of disaster.....

more at link. 

He claims the federal government tries to do too much and does America a great disservice.  He intends to steer the American public to take a more direct role in their survival of disasters.   I like the attitude and change of direction.  We'll see. 

[Redoverfarm]

Sounds hopeful but he will probably not last.

[glenn kangiser]

Anybody should be better than Chertoff.