Getting Buses
This might make a great sitcom. An national organization with lots of buses calls FEMA and is told to go visit the "How to do business with FEMA" web page. Meanwhile, a company with a federal contract worth up to $100 million for disaster transportation starts looking for buses 18 hours after the storm.
(Read the article if you dare):
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-0509230350sep23,1,1064399.story?coll=chi-news-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true
How were they looking for buses? At least in part via the internet. Perhaps I'm naive, but shouldn't a company with a $100 million contract already have some idea where its buses are coming from before the disaster strikes? Especially since there was warning.
(and in case it needs to be said, I am not making this up)
(Read the article if you dare):
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-0509230350sep23,1,1064399.story?coll=chi-news-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true
How were they looking for buses? At least in part via the internet. Perhaps I'm naive, but shouldn't a company with a $100 million contract already have some idea where its buses are coming from before the disaster strikes? Especially since there was warning.
(and in case it needs to be said, I am not making this up)