As I suspected, the Falls Creek Baptist Assembly/Katrina “detention center” story was mis-reportage/overblown or agenda-driven. Yes, apparently there may have been some FEMA people there doing a little bureaucrapic (yes, I meant to spell it that way) muscle-flexing, but it’s NOT a FEMA site. I received several emails filling me in on the status of the situation, and one pointed me to this from http://www.bgco.org (there’s a link on the front page to the article, “Governor Asks Falls Creek to Remain on Standby for at Least 5 More Days” dated September 8).
“…Falls Creek remains on standby, at the request of the Governor, for at least another 5 days. (Until at least Tuesday, September 13) Â Â The Oklahoma Highway Patrol, medical personnel, Oklahoma Disaster Relief teams and other government agencies remain onsite at Falls Creek until further notice from Governor’s office….”
So, over-reaction by the narrator of the account to all the government presence? One or two pushy low-level government employees (very likely!)? A combo of the two? It just didn’t sound like something that could be done there, and fortunately that seems to be the case.