By J. Navarra
...On Tuesday, (click here) FEMA sent 28,000 liters of bottled water in two trucks to the Food Bank of Eastern Michigan. The water will be distributed to centers handling food, soup kitchens for example and shelters that are thirsty for water.
Cassie Ringsdorf, FEMA spokeswoman released a statement regarding the warehoused available commodities:
As a part of our normal commodities management process, FEMA periodically offers commodities nearing the end of their shelf-life to eligible non-profits for donation. These donations are not done, 'on-request,' but are a part of our normal strategy to maintain our stockpiles for use in emergencies....
Currently those supplies are completely depleted according to the charities that have distributed them.
Flint is a city of at least 100,000 people. While those 28 thousand liters of bottled water was exceptionally helpful, there isn't anymore. My understanding is there are two FEMA representatives on their way to Flint. Thank you for that. I am fairly confident FEMA believed they had supplied enough water for a short run and the State of Michigan would have time to establish a safe and perpetual supply from then forward. That perpetual supply has not happened.
If the Governor of Michigan can't get his mind around this emergency, perhaps, FEMA employees can provide a consultation so the people of Flint no longer suffer from the malicious actions of the Governor and Emergency Manager to cut the cities costs of operation AT ANY COST to even human life.
Thank you. Someone heard our plea. The people of Flint, Michigan are great people. They were the backbone of the USA economy for many decades. The believed in the middle class and stood for the dignity of 'work' as a means of living. Flint, Michigan is one of those cities that the country should never turn it's back on. That city taught the rest of the country the value of work and the rewards of demanding respect to build a middle class.
Someone needs to be sure the people effected by this lead poisoning are living happy and healthy lives for a long time. This is a crime. It sincerely is a crime for many, many reasons.
Flint, Michigan doesn't need more hardship, they need answers.
Thank you, FEMA.
