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Tuesday, February 3, 2009

FEMA still not seen in parts of Kentucky

EDDYVILLE, Ky. - In the first real test of the Obama administration's ability to respond to a disaster, Kentucky officials are giving the federal government good marks for its response to a deadly ice storm.

Yet more than 300,000 residents remained without power Monday and some areas had yet to see aid workers nearly a week after the storm, a fact not lost on some local authorities.

"We haven't seen FEMA. They haven't been here," said Jaime Green, a spokeswoman for the emergency operations center in Lyon County, about 95 miles northwest of Nashville, Tenn.

Federal authorities insisted they responded as soon as the state asked for help and promised to keep providing whatever aid was necessary. - NBC

WOW, It isn't as easy as it looks is it President Obama? Disasters are imperfect and getting aid to people is a monumental task. I don't blame FEMA or the Obama Administration, it is the nature of the beast. It will never be perfect, and anyone who thinks it can be is living in OZ. It is just amazing that the media isn't blasting Obama for letting these poor people freeze and starve. If it was Bush you know they would be on it like white on rice.

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