FEMA learned lessons from Hurricane Katrina
Emergency Management Alert, April 1, 2008
The federal government learned from the mistakes it made in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and stepped in before disaster struck in this spring's Midwest floods, the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) said.
"This can be used as a model across the country," FEMA administrator David Paulison told the Associated Press (AP), as he visited areas of Missouri damaged by March floods last week.
The FEMA chief praised the coordination between FEMA and Missouri officials and said in the past, the federal agency would wait until state authorities had declared a disaster before stepping in, the AP reported. That model changed after FEMA's response to Hurricane Katrina was criticized as inadequate. Paulison said FEMA agents were in Missouri before floodwaters overwhelmed towns, so the agency had a chance to anticipate what was needed as the state declared 70 counties disaster areas.
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