Former FEMA director Michael Brown attended a conference in Colorado yesterday, telling all about his disasterous experiences during Hurricane Katrina. Speaking in front of hundreds of the world’s emergency management experts, “Brownie” warned that “FEMA is a bureaucratic monstrosity destined to move slowly.” During his presentation he reportedly expressed regrets for not having gone public sooner in describing the existing level of dysfunctionality out of one side of his mouth, while claiming to be on the lecture circuit “fighting for that organization” out of the other side!
Incidentally, Mr. Brown has founded a consulting company in the Boulder, Colorado area, in the field of emergency response. Capitalizing on his vast amount of emergency mis-management experience, he will be assisting a wide variety of clients, including foreign countires.
During his presentation, Brownie apparently put the “tell all” experience into perspective by equating it to a “cathartic event”. I wonder if Brownie self-administering a high colonic in the privacy of his new digs would have been preferable for the emergency managers in attendance? Were they able to avoid the run-off of his oral diarrhea tell-all?
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July 13th, 2006 at 8:11 am
I am not sure who or what will come to “Brownie’s” firm looking for disaster advice. Perhaps, the idea is that whatever Brownie advises, they’ll do the opposite. That might stand them in good stead!