EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. — When floodwaters knocked out the water treatment plant in Mason City, Iowa, FEMA rolled into town and promptly set up an account with a Pepsi bottler to supply bottled water. Then FEMA officials moved into a vacnt store and began handing out the stuff.
FEMA reacts better to flooded Midwest than to Hurricane Katrina
Monday, June 23, 2008 | 9:05 p.m. CDT;
updated 1:32 p.m. CDT, Tuesday, July 22, 2008
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