shouldn't this be the last straw?

the rescue efforts in kansas are severely hampered because MUCH of the needed equipment is in iraq with the kansas national guard.

there was NO excuse for the giant f**k up that was katrina. now, THIS is an excuse? i don't know what's worse.

no excuse or life saving equipment for dorothy and toto being in iraq

at any rate, let's do what we can for the people of kansas

Greensburg focuses on rebuilding


GREENSBURG, Kansas (CNN) -- Federal officials arrived Monday in ravaged Greensburg to survey the damage caused by the weekend's tornado-packed storms.
Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius expressed concern that rescue and recovery efforts were being strained because much of the needed equipment has been sent to Iraq.
"When the troops get deployed, the equipment goes with them. So here in Kansas about 50 percent of our trucks are gone. We need trucks. We are missing Humvees, we're missing all kinds of equipment that could help us respond in this kind of emergency," she said.
The weekend's storms killed 11 people in Kansas -- including nine deaths in Greensburg, one in Stafford County to the northeast and one in a separate storm in Ottawa, Kansas.
Previously, officials said 10 people died in Greensburg, but authorities said they had apparently counted someone twice, according to City Administrator Steve Hewitt.
Hewitt also said a man reported to be a survivor found in the rubble had actually returned to the town to retrieve some papers and was not rescued..........