Timeline of FEMA Failures

FEMA tells first responders not to respond until told to do so.
FEMA News, 2005 Aug 29

FEMA won't accept Amtrak's help in evacuations.
FEMA News, 2005 Aug 29

Offer of helicopters for rescue work is rejected.
Narcosphere, 2005 Sept 1

FEMA blocks 500 Florida airboat pilots from rescue work.
Sun Sentinel, 2005 Sept 2

FEMA to Chicago: Send just one truck.
Chicago Tribune, 2005 Sept 2

FEMA bars morticians from entering New Orleans.
Tri Valley Central, 2005 Sept 2

FEMA blocks 500-boat citizen flotilla from delivering aid.
Daily Kos, 2005 Sept 3

Homeland Security won't let Red Cross deliver food.
Post Gazette, 2005 Sept 3

FEMA fails to utilize Navy ship with 600-bed hospital onboard.
Chicago Tribune, 2005 Sept 4

FEMA cuts local emergency communications phone lines.
Meet the Press, 2005 Sept 4

FEMA turns away experienced firefighters.
Daily Kos, 2005 Sept 5

FEMA turns back Wal-Mart supply trucks.
New York Times, 2005 Sept 5

FEMA prevents Coast Guard from delivering diesel fuel.
NY Times, 2005 Sept 5

Navy pilots who rescued victims are reprimanded.
New York Times, 2005 Sept 7

US government turns back German plane with 15 tons of aid.
Star Tribune, 2005 Sept 10

FEMA declines volunteer firemen for rescue operations.Uses them to
distribute public relations pamphlets.
Salt Lake Tribune, 2005 Sept 12