FEMA -- still screwing up:

Overwhelmed, FEMA closes Texas aid site

HOUSTON - Saying they were caught off-guard by the number of people in need, FEMA officials closed a relief center early on Wednesday after some of the hundreds of hurricane victims in line began fainting in triple-digit heat.

... the agency was not ready for the roughly 1,500 people displaced by Hurricanes Rita and Katrina who sought help at the Houston center when it reopened Wednesday.

...FEMA spokesman Justin Dombrowski said the agency closed the center for the day because of the heat and the unexpectedly large crowds. Those in line were allowed to enter.

FEMA said it would reopen the center today and keep it operating into the evening seven days a week. The agency was also making plans to deal with any similar situation, said Mike Casella, another FEMA spokesman....

--AP

"Caught off-guard by the number of people in need"? Crowds that were "unexpectedly large"? How on earth is that possible? Is there anyone on the planet who didn't see Rita coming?

"The agency was also making plans to deal with any similar situation"? After Katrina, wasn't this the "similar situation" they should have had a plan for?

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Julia would also like to say a few words about this.