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COPYRIGHT 2005 South Florida Sun-Sentinal
Byline: John Holland and Linda Kleindienst
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. _ Water and ice trucks reached the Palm Beach County fairgrounds on Monday. The National Guard had Chinook and Blackhawk helicopters ready in Brooksville, Jacksonville and Homestead Air Force Base. Teams of federal emergency medical responders, search-and-rescue workers and disaster planners arrived in the state early, with more ready on the sidelines.
Hurricane Rita was no Katrina, but neither was the response. Stung by criticism over poor planning in the Gulf Coast, the Federal Emergency Management Agency was not about to let things go wrong this time. It sent teams of specialists to South Florida before the storm, and is...
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