# Michael D. Brown, Disaster Planning Consultants
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-d-brown-disaster-planning-consultants/332832
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [November 26, 2005, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-d-brown-disaster-planning-consultants/332832 "2005-11-26T19:56:19Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2005, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-d-brown-disaster-planning-consultants/332832/1 "2005-11-26T19:56:19Z")
No, this is not a joke.
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> Denver, CO – Former FEMA Director Michael Brown, heavily criticized for his agency’s slow response to Hurricane Katrina, is starting a disaster preparedness consulting firm to help clients avoid the sort of errors that cost him his job.
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> “If I can help people focus on preparedness, how to be better prepared in their homes and better prepared in their businesses, because that goes straight to the bottom line, then I hope I can help the country in some way,” Brown told the Rocky Mountain News for its Thursday editions.
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> Brown said officials need to “take inventory” of what’s going on in a disaster to be able to answer questions to avoid appearing unaware of how serious a situation is.
[Linkie.](http://www.wfmynews2.com/watercooler/article.aspx?storyid=52567)
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### Author:  [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2005, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-d-brown-disaster-planning-consultants/332832/2 "2005-11-26T20:19:02Z")
[You’ve been scouped.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=346538)
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### Author:  [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2005, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-d-brown-disaster-planning-consultants/332832/3 "2005-11-26T20:30:23Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#):
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> [You’ve been scouped.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=346538)
That **bdgr** is always digging up dirt! 🙂
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