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Bush's Prayer Team: FEMA's Brown Has Flood Insurance Plan

What galls me about this site and how it asks kids to pray for Bush and his team is this section on FEMA's head Michael D. Brown.

Earlier this year, kids were asked to pray for Brown, in part, because he provides flood insurance plans as part of his job at FEMA. Tell that to the New Orleans refugees.

When does Brown find his spot on the unemployment line?

^^^



President Prayer Team for Kids
March 18, 2005

Other Leaders to Pray For This Week

Director of FEMA:
Michael Brown


What happens in our country when there is a disaster? Well, lots of good neighbors come to the aid of those who have been affected, but we also have a special department in our government that helps too. It's called FEMA—Federal Emergency Management Administration, and it's a part of the Department of Homeland Security.

Michael D. Brown is the Director of FEMA, and along with his team, he works to bring the help needed after a disaster has struck. FEMA is in charge of helping people before and after a disaster like a hurricane, tornado, flood or earthquake. The governor of a state must ask for help, and then the President "declares" an official disaster for a particular area.

Growing up in "tornado alley," Michael D. Brown was raised in Oklahoma and had a basset hound named Roosevelt and a dachshund named Eisenhower. When he was a boy there were many tornadoes and he recalls a time when he went into his grandparents' storm shelter during a particularly big one! He enjoyed fishing, hiking and camping as well as debate, speech and history classes in school.

With his team at FEMA, Michael Brown doesn't just help when things go wrong, he also works to keep people safe in case a disaster happens, by providing training for firefighters and emergency managers and a flood insurance program, along with many other things!

Mr. Brown followed his dream to be a lawyer and went to law school after getting his college degree and was an attorney in Colorado and Oklahoma. He has been a part of FEMA since 2001.