Not Making This Up

On the FEMA "POD" hiccups:

While they declined to say what caused the problem, Houston Mayor Bill White and Harris County Judge Ed Emmett said they had to take control today of how the Federal Emergency Management Agency was delivering supplies to sites all over Houston for them to be distributed to those in need.

Thousands were turned away empty-handed from several locations after waiting all day to receive food, water, ice and tarps to cover damaged rooftops and both elected officials vowed that would not be repeated.

They established 26 distribution sites, eliminating and consolidating others to ensure that supplies would make it well before they are open to waiting people.

"One job we have is to fight for the people we work for and we never forget that," White said. "There's a bunch of ice in the parking lot over in Reliant, and there's places to distribute it, and there's people in lines, then somebody screwed up. And we sorted it out."

White said he knew there was a problem when he passed a site and saw people waiting with no supplies at 10:30 a.m. He then asked Emmett, who has experience in logisitics and moving supplies, to see what was wrong. Emmett went to Reliant Stadium, where the trucks were being staged, and saw 200 trucks full of supplies in the parking lot.

Some did not arrive until about 1 p.m., meaning thousands waited for at least three hours before anything arrived.

"The effort to get emergency supplies out to the community has been streamlined," he said, pledging to work through the night to make sure the supplies make it on time. "We're going to continue that tonight."

It sounds to me like, and stop me if I am hearing this wrong, but... but... did a COMMUNITY ORGANIZER just swoop in and save the day? In a RED STATE?

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I'm just sayin'.