The POTUS, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

2005, one year after the new President of the United States (POTUS), George W. Bush, was elected into office. The country was still recovering from the trauma of the dreadful attacks on the World Trade Center and Operation Iraqi Freedom was just beginning. While everyone was focused on National Security and fighting Al Qaida, Tropical Depression Ten was moving over the Bahamas and moving towards a tropical wave resting in the Gulf of Mexico. Catching everyone off guard, these two collided and began to move towards the states surrounding the Gulf of Mexico. The result was what is today known as Hurricane Katrina, or as FEMA describes it, "the single most catastrophic natural disaster in US history." Death, panic, anger, regret, betrayal, riots, looting: these are all things that occurred during or post Hurricane Katrina. Everyone was confused and looking for help, but it never came, thus, the “blame game” began. The “blame game” refers to – in this case – the events after a traumatic incident in which people begin to attempt to find who is responsible for the incident or not supplying the resources to survive the incident. The POTUS, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), local/state officials, the military, …show more content…
In fact, when “[Bill] Clinton tapped James Lee Witt, formerly Arkansas's state emergency manager, [he] become the first FEMA director in the agency's history with direct experience in disaster management” (Pbs.org). Previously, including during Katrina, the directors in charge of the agency were no more than a highly paid and unqualified job holder. Whether they were in this position because they were old friends with someone high up, or because they were a donor to an official’s campaign, the position should not have been held by these unqualified