Could Hurricane Ritas Rain Aid New Orleans Cleanup?
The Federal Emergency Management Agency was harshly criticized for its slow response to Hurricane Katrina. Pumping the water into the lake was the quickest and easiest solution to getting the water out of New Orleans, he said. “[FEMA] didn’t have time to get pumps to pump it to the Gulf,” Reice said. “They were in such a panic to get the city emptied out so they would look better.
