You can’t keep making this up:
Five West Virginia Air National Guard C-130 transport aircraft sent to pick up displaced victims from Hurricane Katrina returned home empty early Wednesday, following a series of frustrating bureaucratic snafus. “We met with obstacles everywhere we turned,” said Lara Ramsburg, communications director for Gov. Joe Manchin. “It’s been a frustrating experience.” “To bring five planes back empty is a crying shame,” Manchin told The Associated Press… “Until we hear something from FEMA – until they can put a plan together where we’re sure the planes will be used – the planes will stay here,” Ramsburg said.
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