A correction, and a silver lining:

1. Friday's post, about the previous job held by FEMA Director Michael Brown, may have implied that he was completely without experience in the field of emergency management. In fact, before he was the "czar" of Arabian Horse breeding, he was a city manager for the town of Edmund, Oklahoma, from 1975 to 1978, where he supervised the emergency services division. At that time, the population for Edmund, a suburb of Oklahoma City, was a little under 30,000.

2. At least one emergency professional sees an advantage of having someone of Mr. Brown's background in charge of things right now. According to Kate Hale, former Miami-Dade emergency management chief, "He's done a hell of a job, because I'm not aware of any Arabian horses being killed in this storm."

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