This is my first diary, but it does cover a subject that seems to have slipped under the (admittedly cluttered) radar over the last few days.
While thousands in Texas remain without power in the wake of Hurricane Ike, FEMA dumps thousands of pallets of ice on an airfield runway while claiming (from the San Antonio Express-News via chron.com):
"That ice is surplus ice from the original requests from state, county and local authorities before the scope of the hurricane was known," said FEMA spokesman Richard Scorza. "We try to anticipate the needs for various commodities. The good news is it addressed the immediate needs of the population and there are no shortages."
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