Brown Discussed Wardrobe During Katrina
A House panel has released 23 pages of internal e-mail offering additional evidence of a confused and distracted government response to Katrina, particularly from Brown, the former head of FEMA, at critical moments after the storm hit.
The e-mails show that Brown, who had been planning to step down from his post when the storm hit, was preoccupied with his image on television even as one of the first FEMA officials to arrive in New Orleans, Marty Bahamonde, was reporting a crisis situation of increasing chaos to FEMA officials.
“My eyes must certainly be deceiving me. You look fabulous _ and I’m not talking the makeup,” writes Cindy Taylor, FEMA’s deputy director of public affairs to Brown on 7:10 a.m. local time on Aug. 29.
“I got it at Nordstroms,” Brown writes back. “Are you proud of me? Can I quit now? Can I go home?” An hour later, Brown adds: “If you’ll look at my lovely FEMA attire, you’ll really vomit. I am a fashion god.”
Source: Washington Post
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