Comments to this story (30)
Queen iesha ENA wrote: |
24 Nov 2009 11:03 AM |
| If our government has been declared a "HIGH-RISK" for receiving federal funds, then they didn't do what they were suppose to do when they got the money. So what if CNN alluded to the "POSSIBLE" corruption going on in American Samoa? It's true!!!! Now determining the amount of corruption is now up to the agency investigating. My suggestion to the investigating agency, if something was stolen, STOP ALL FUNDING!!!! FREEZE ALL FEDERAL GRANTS, those monies belong to hard working americans who are getting tired of funding crooks far off in the pacific!!!!!!!!!!! Then they fire government workers for whatever reason, and then rehire them at some other government agency, hello BACKGROUND CHECK!!!!!!!! LOL SAMOA MUAMUA LE ATUA!!!!!! |
There is a new dance in American Samoa...called the Togiola/Faoa slide "It's a LEXUS!" boogie woogie wrote: |
20 Nov 2009 06:02 AM |
Let's see if they can dance their way out of this one. LOL This is what happens when you have been exposed to the world! It's no longer a rumor it is TRUE! For the next year you are going to see the most ridiculous things happen in the American Samoa Government! Desperate and stupid decisions will be made to save FACE. |
lola wrote: |
18 Nov 2009 10:37 AM |
Sole Engineer, ole a ma au ia oe ma au logic.I am an engineer too but so far,you are not presenting consistency in what your trying to do. anyway, asked yourself this question, why did the FEDs freeze the money? Money was available when the Local Territory Office of Homeland Security was form operated. Monies for Admin.office supply and moreover training and alert systems if such event would happen to the island. FEds found out that the money went missing and misuse and the outcome, FREEZE. Mr. Governor turned around and fired the Dept.head because what...Mismanagement or other reason which is now the talk of Mr. Alailima and the Governor. So Mr.Engineer, think before you put things on the net. Manuia le Aso Samoa and all those who read Samoa News. |
samoatama wrote: |
18 Nov 2009 06:58 AM |
| here we go again with siren's what is the deal can we all come to our sense's here togiola need to be a man and take the corruption by the hand and take the fall not point the finger if you all want the truth ask birdie the former homeland security director as a former fono employee i was in the hearing on this issue check the fono tapes for this issue you will get the truth. |
Kool Aid wrote: |
18 Nov 2009 12:23 AM |
| Again, SOLE ENGINEER, stop drinking the Kool Aid. The governor right now is seeking action from a different angle on trying to secure funding from a different source. FEMA's trying to help him with it since the first go-around with the DOHS failed. How can a MICROMANAGER not understand what happened to some of is reports? Especially when 13 Million is involved? Blame was only cast when the funds were frozen. If funds weren't frozen, Birdie would still have a job and many government officials would've made more round trips to Vegas, more leather chairs, big screen TVs. The Governor would've pulled more $$ from this funding source for the wasted Hawaii trip too and the fancy yacht. Please don't share semantics on the interview with some on this forum. Some people here actually have DEGREES in the appropriate subjects at hand and are a little more educated than you think. Are you a lawyer in training? If so, I suggest you change mentors. |
BSM wrote: |
17 Nov 2009 02:34 PM |
| GOVERNOR! A life lost is a life lost, no matter what the number. You should be ashamed of your weak and thoughtless comments. GOVERNOR, IF the "alert system" was installed and fully operational, I truly believe there would be NO LOST of LIFE. A push of a button would immediately alert the entire island of potential danger and we ALL would immediately take action. The lives of the people caught in their vehicles, the mother and child, the young, the elderly, and many other poor souls that were caught by surprise COULD'VE been saved had there been a LOUD THUNDEROUS RINGING of an alert system for them to take action or for others to provide assistance to these 34 lost lives. SO GOVERNOR, you should stop your pathetic remarks about how the road signs saved numberous lives. It wasn't like these 34 people were tided down and couldn't do anything, THEY WERE SIMPLY NOT AWARE! They lost their lives because YOU failed, they lost their lives ON YOUR WATCH, now take that to your grave GOVERNOR. "sole eng" spare us with the lesson on FEMA's responsibilities and attempts of redireting the issue away from the GOVERNOR. How ever you slice and dice this, this is ULTIMATELY the Governors responsibility. YOU KNOW IT! AND HE KNOWS IT TOO! RIGHT GOV? |
OUR HOMELAND wrote: |
17 Nov 2009 10:21 AM |
| The views and comments expressed here is a public forum that our government leaders, especially our Governor and his top official should engaged in. Obviously, it argue both sides of the spectrum. But, the bottom line is, MISAPPROPRIATION OF FUNDS is the reason why we don't have siren. Now, start from there--who is responsible--the Governor being the leader of out Island. If the Governor designate the Lt. Governor to be charge and during this time, funds were mismanaged--Governor should have the Lt. Governor answer. But, what does the Governor do-- just keep going around in circle-trying to cover up. We all know about his misappropriation of funds (1) thousand and thousand of $$$ for Samoan Heritage Hawaii (2) million for his luxury yacht (3)now trying to purchase COS canning facility with no research of what so ever on its feasibility and impact on stimulating our local economy. Governor, FEMA officials state--the Government of American Samoa-MUST INITIATE--what does that mean? $$$$$$, now take back that yacht and use that$$$$ to INITIATE THE SIREN SYSTEM--BEFORE ANOTHER TSUNAMI HIT OUR SHORES....GOD BLESS MY HOMELAND. |
G.A. wrote: |
17 Nov 2009 08:31 AM |
To Sole Engineer, let me, as you put it "re-iterate" my and everyones' comment. Everyone knows there is no taxation in Am. Samoa, therefore no funds put aside for programs for Am. Samoa, and ASG depends on hard earned money from sons and daughters of Samoa and all the citizens of the U.S.A. in America to fund programs necessary for the betterment of Am. Samoa and its territories as well as nation wide. If Am. Samoa had no funds for the alert system, THEN WHERE DID THEY GET FUNDS for THEIR 10K payraise, 200K for the heritage week and the proposed repair for the MVSili in Hawaii that backfired....etc. It seems like they have funds for all these petty projects, but have no fundings to provide security and safety of our people. Raising of pay are rewarded to those who have done exceptional deeds and work. Take a look around the island, does it show? Look at what is happening right now...there is corruption. Is that a reason to give themselves a RAISE? You tell me and everyone Sole Engineer, does the present ASG leaders deserved raises? Hmmm...hardly. This is the only country that rewards their leaders for being heartless, selfish and corrupt. And for your information about the Gov. would be in jail by now if he didn't do wrong. Well, anyone in the lawyer's profession knows that there are loopholes in laws of man. The Gov. and his gang have wiggled themselves through these HOLES to get away from justice. But you know Sole Engineer, the only laws that has no LOOPHOLES are the DIVINE LAWS where no worms or rodents can wiggle their way through and escape. And you accusing Anderson of being a racist, out of your own statement tells of how you are, you are a RACIST. And who gave you the right to accuse, the public for voicing out their frustration with the present administration, to say we are not real Samoan. Girlfriend you are barking up the wrong tree, we the public are the REAL SAMOAN. Sole Engineer don't get the us wrong, if we didn't care and love our families at home and the leaders of our Am. Samoan Government, we wouldn't come down hard on them. E iloa le alofa moni pe a ta'u le sa'o, ae le'o le faapelepele and being easy with them. The Gov. and Lt. Gov. took an oath infront of the public with their hands on the Bible, infront of God, that they will serve the people (ones who voted for him or not) of the country according to the law and the best of their ability. But they only served an elite group and self. So, where is that commitment. As far as we see he has muted the public and served only himself and the "one" who put him on his seat that is about to fall into pieces. He might as well take his elite group and occupy an isolated island to have their own government, and let them steal among themselves instead of American Samoa and the U.S.A....VIIA LE ATUA. Ohhh!!! about the firing of the previous administration, well Sole Engineer, he fired the wrong administration. The administration that needs to be fired are still wiggling around the government offices looking for some infested holes to crawl under....hahahahahaha...and Gov. having ethics...hmmmm why don't you ask God for an answer, because of the recent disaster doesn't seem like he has ethics....lol.... Oh...another thing if they can divert federal fundings for specify projects, than they can also divert fundings that funds their raises and other less priorty projects..... E sola lava le amioleaga ae tulioa i puapuaga ma mala....VIIA LE ATUA (x2) |
unitedwestand wrote: |
17 Nov 2009 08:29 AM |
| Ok... so let's just sit back and take this in real quick... Good. First of all to those that "applaud" the governor and to "samoa moni" (who is not related to Tama Samoa Moni) your precious governor is literally "killing" his people, even if he is not the one who actually "misused" funds the people he put in charge are the ones stealing. So even if he is not guilty of fraud and other felony charges he is definitely GUILTY of making bad affiliations and what are we if not the people we affiliate with. So in other words do we really want someone who hangs out with CRIMINALS to be the head of our GOVERNMENT and in turn our very lives? Yes sole engineer the funds were suspended by homeland security BUT WHY??? Your sidesteppin' the cause and going straight to the effect. As for samoa moni shame on you for being so cold hearted people died in this disaster and you sit there and say that God did it because we are sinners...CHILDREN DIED, MOMS, DADS, GRANDFATHERS, GRANDMOTHERS, SISTERS, BROTHERS how DARE you say such a thing. And do you actually know what happened to Sodom and Gomorrah and why it happened and yet you use it in text to describe what is going to happen to SAMOA? This is an open forum were we can express the way we feel and my friend YOU CANNOT STOP THE WAY WE FEEL, after all that has happened and what is still being uncovered concerning our government it is about time that "WE THE PEOPLE" are heard. For too long Samoas peoples cries have fallen on deaf ears, for too long we have been exploited by those that wish to prosper on our backs, for too long have we been taken advantage of, for too long the "FEW" have ravaged while the "many" squander it is about time "WE THE PEOPLE" stood up for "WE THE PEOPLE." |
junior wrote: |
16 Nov 2009 09:37 PM |
| SOLE ENGINEER,
You and our Government and Fono Leaders have something in-common! Your are all clueless! Federal Funds were frozen only because ASG abuse prior funding from DHS/FEMA. The "KEY" word for you is "ABUSE"! When you abuse someting it is taken away or cancel! |
Sole Engineer wrote: |
16 Nov 2009 04:16 PM |
| Let me re-iterate in a different manner for those that are not understanding. Samoa has no tax base so it relys heavily on Federal funding. No government can operate without some type of taxation. With that explained, Department of Homeland Security (Federal, not Samoa Local) froze all funds to Samoa which included funding from FEMA. If money was frozen, did Samoa have the funds for the alert system? Think about it people. Now that the funds have been released since April 2009, talks are being made to initiate and install an alert system. So leave my beautiful Samoan people alone. If the governor did some wrong doing then he would have been put in jail which did not occur so obiviously those that knock our government are wrong. As far as yachts and other things, the governor has none. A 10 minute segment from Anderson Cooper (who in my opinion is a racists' palagi) does not justify what happened. I watched the segment and the confusion was that no aid went to Leone or Amanave in which people automatically assumed it was ASG. There was no distinguishment about those that were interviewed were talking about ASG or the Feds. But in fact, the delay was from FEMA and Homeland Security. There is a little reaction time to initiate emergency management since the responding team is located in California and Honolulu. Again, Anderson Cooper's segment did not distinguish who delayed the response. Our local ASG responded with all the resources it had. The delay was due to the lag time for Federal response. All of the people that have negative comments to this are not true Samoans. There is no way that I will believe that our governor would risk the lives of our people for personal gain. Remember, Togiola fired all previous people that worked for him from the previous administration. He is a lawyer which means that he has some ethics. Soifua!! |
Tama Samoa Moni wrote: |
16 Nov 2009 10:24 AM |
| This one is for Samoa Moni. Pls speak with a little intelligence, not innuendos and generalizations. A lot of intelligent people are reading these threads as you aptly put it, and reading yours is like early childhood education, and I say that with respect. Just a suggestion, after you type each sentence go over your thoughts and spelling and make sure they make sense. The way I read your post, it sounds more like you should be in the ministry echelon, and hope that the bible verses will help with the corruption and devastation in both Samoas. Families lost their loved ones, families lost everything, families were left with nothing except their clothes on their bodies and the life God gave them. The million dollar question Samoa Moni, could these lives been saved if the "leaders of ASG" did their job? There are facts galore to show that monies approved and plans to be implemented, but it was used for something else. That's the key to all these discussions in an open forum. Lastly, calm down Samoa Moni, think, ponder, write, check the writing, and then ask yourself "does it make sense." I hope you understand the effort of this post, and could you pls use another sig name than Samoa Moni, people might think we are related, which is far from it. Manuia! |
Kool Aid wrote: |
16 Nov 2009 09:59 AM |
| Sole Engineer. You're involvement with FEMA has nothing to do with private correspondence/guidance from the Governor to thee Director of Homeland Security, Mr. Alailima. Stop drinking the koolaid, unless you're one of the ones in the mix. |
G.A. wrote: |
16 Nov 2009 09:08 AM |
| Sole Engineer, stop kissing a*** with the governor. People already knows what FEMA stands for and how they are funded also. So, stop dodging the issues at hand here, and FEMA just spelled out to ASG and everyone...the key words there is that "ASG should INITIATE" the process not FEMA. And then Togiola tried to divert the issue to something cheaper and easier for them to do instead of saying he will try to put up the alert system and work together with FEMA...etc . SOLE ENGINEER can you answer my question, can all these excuses by the Governor compensate 34 lives taken by the tsunami, and that's not all, the lives of so many patients taken because they (ASG)didn't have enough funds to continue the referral patient program to Hawaii, the many lives taken, especially the dialysis patients, because of insufficient and obsolete or not enough equipments or machines to tend to these patients. Can you Sole Engineer answer this, do you really think the Governor has done his BEST throughout his service with two terms. That should be enough time to get down to business if this started from LUTALI's time. Your supportive argument for the Governor smells' like fish. And you APPLAUD him for the Governor for how he is handling everything....hahahaha...this is unbelievable someone applauding for their leader's failures, people died, economy is "0", scandals in all his departments especially the Executive department...etc. You must be one of those who voted for him. It figures...
Sole Engineer, make a list for me and everyone any good projects or things that Gov. Togiola did for American Samoa that benefit the Territory, during his 2 terms. And then I will match it with everyone's list of scandals and corruptions plus patients who died from the hospital that was affected by the Governor's faatamala during his leadership. |
Anonymous wrote: |
16 Nov 2009 05:30 AM |
| FEMA Regional IX Administrator Nancy Ward seems to be clueless. The Governor again states that lives could not be saved with a siren system...what is he on? Lives could have been saved and if it were your immediate family Gov. trust me, you would be singing a different tune. How dare you make such a statement. There was enough time to put a warnong out, but your DHS failed to get the message out. FEMA wake - up, where has all the money gone that you have given TEMCO to better prepare the Territory. Nancy Ward, you need to only look next to you to see the corrupt individuals. FEMA, account for the previous money because lives were taken. Millions of dollars went to TEMCO for response, EOC before 911, preparedness, mitigation and outreach. Nancy Ward, stop throwing tax payers money into the hand of the few that corrupt. You are equally responsible for wrongdoing..I challenge FEMA to show accountability for all the money they sent to TEMCO in the past. Gov, how dare you say lives could not be spared. Where were you? Were you there? Or are you covering-up for money misused in TEMCO? signed disgusted Samoan. |
Anonymous wrote: |
16 Nov 2009 04:44 AM |
| Question to Sole Engineer
How come then your governor found the money to purchase a yatch valued at over $1 million USD instead of purchasing the Tsunami Alarm System? Son"t you think there is something wrong with your logic? |
Seattle mo Samoa.. wrote: |
16 Nov 2009 12:04 AM |
| sole engineer, you need to think before applaud that corrupt government of ours.. The bottom line is that the Samoan Governor and it's staff MISS USED FUND for all those years.. Rather is Togiola or Lutali...it doesn't matter, because I can tell you right now. After watching CNN interview of Togiola.. I can tell from his answer, that his just another liar on Samoa politic... You listen and watch Togiola, all his trying to do is make people feel sorry for himself.. He say that the Samoan Government been trying to work something to pay back all the money from the Federal that they mis-use, he say nothing can be done, but the FEDERAL say, that they did try to work with the Samoan Government to at least pay back half. And another thing for Togiola to said, that the Alert Siren ready to do no good, because it happen so fast, Well if I correct, it was about 10 or 15 minutes before the sunami hit after the quake.. We I think that if the Siren work put up, go off a minute after the quake, 10 minute would a been at least save many more people... think about.. All I hope for, is that the FBI would find out what happen to the fund and expose our Corrupt Government for their greediness and court martial all of the them...and for FEMA to give our people real help... Samoa mo le Atua.. |
Sole Engineer wrote: |
15 Nov 2009 08:34 PM |
| I use to work for FEMA in Honolulu at their Pacific Area Office. I'm of Samoan decent. People are misunderstanding that FEMA is apart of Homeland Security. Due to a scandal with Homeland Security which involved several TSA personnel and the purchasing of personal items with government funds, all funding to American Samoa including FEMA funds were frozen. FEMA is not designed to give money directly to a local government. FEMA is practically a reimbursement type agency where they reimburse local governments and individuals for repairs and loss of items due to a disaster. The warning system along with other FEMA aid for pass disasters was suspended until April 2009 in which some colleagues of mine from Region IX worked hard to fix. Don't blame the Governor, this was an issue that preceeded him even into Lutali's adminstration. I applaud you Togiola for your response to allegations of fraud. Keep strong. Some of us know the truth!! The alert system and funds were tied to the suspension of all funds from Homeland Security. Take care and God Bless, Samoa. |
G.A. wrote: |
15 Nov 2009 05:26 PM |
| Is the governor for real!!!! Tell me something Governor, can those signs of warning, information and training alert people who are asleep? You are still fighting the truth of your negligent as a leader as well as ALL of your administration. Ua le toe avatu e le Atua se manatu lelei ia te outou e ta'ita'i ai le atunuu ona e le mafai e outou ona maua le salamo ma le loto maulalo ma le loto alofa, ona lena lava tou te fiafia e fai le amioletonu i le silafaga a le Atua ma le atunuu, i le tou FAATAMALA i tou tiute ma galuega e tatau ona fai. O lena lava e tau ufiufi lava le agasala. Ia fai lava lou loto ae tu'u le finagalo o le Atua ma fautuaga a le atunuu. O le a la le finagalo o le Atua? FAI LE AMIOTONU!!! Fautua le Lt. Gov. ma Sen. Tulifua e malolo mai i la tofiga se'i mae'a la faamasinoga. Sacrifice le 20% o lou totogi o lenei tausaga faatasi ai ma ta'ita'i uma o lau administration, e fesoasoani i le faatuina o le alert system. Galulue faatasi ma NOAA i le feso'otaiga o le alert system, ae 'aua ne'i tou tua'i fua lava ia NOAA i le tuai mai o le alert, ua maliliu ai le to'a 34 o e pele i loto o aiga ma Samoa. You should deliver a national apology to all the citizens of American Samoa, for your failure. Faamama lou loto ma le Atua faapea fo'i ma le atunuu, e toe foa'i mai lava e le Atua manatu lelei e fofo ai le tele o le gaogaosa ma le faaletonu o le tou nofoaiga i tou tofi. BUT...that doesn't mean the consequences and punishment who are accountable for all the corruptions will be dismissed by God and man's law. Soia e te 'alo solo, tautala sa'o. Pe lelei pe tiga, inu i ai Togiola, o le mea lena e iloa ai le toa o le loto o le tagata, e le'o le ufiufi ma sisi'o solo faamatalaga, tautala i le sa'o. I lau su'esu'ega lea na auamai ai le lipoti a Ausitalia e mafai ona ufiufi ai la se isi galulolo e sau i le valua po? Ana o le valuapo lea e tupu ai lea faalavelave faapenei ua maua le afe ma afe o tagata e maliliu ai. O le a la se'i au sisi'o o le a fai? PRIORITIES: Fai le alert system ma fau fale ma fesoasoani i aiga ia na afaina i le galulolo ae maise lava aiga na maliliu ia tagata na pele io latou loto, ao mai tou 20% o tou togi faapea foi ma e oi le Fono (Senetoa ma faipule)i le tausaga nei e fund ai le alert system. Ona ua faatamala uma outou ta'ita'i. O lena ua lu'i mai ASG e le FEMA, e latou te fesoasoani ae o ASG e tatau ona muamua initiate. E le na'o le piki o le system, ave le tupe ASG tuu faatasi ma le FEMA ona fai lea o le system. IS THAT SO HARD!!!! or You just want to get it FREE...ai afu, ma le aisi. Viia le Atua!! |
Siaosi Talalemotu Ili wrote: |
15 Nov 2009 03:35 PM |
| If FEMA step up and fund the entire Tsunami warning system, it seems to me that Governor Togiola would like to. What will happen to the 13 million dollars the federal allocated for the Tsunami warning system in American Samoa.
FEMA should let the 13 million dollars federal fund paid for the Tsunami warning system or other wise if there is money left over from that fund, it will ended up in somebody deep pocket or more big screen TV, furnitures and SUV for the goverment as CNNTV reported. MISUSE OF FFEDERAL FUND IS A FEDERAL CRIME. FEMA is more appropriate to help the Tsunami victims as their functiion such as crant to rebuilt their homes. |
samoa moni wrote: |
15 Nov 2009 02:37 PM |
| People of the territory, you are still critizing the governor from that damn tsunami. Why are blaming the governor from this. The governor didn't tell the tsunami to come and take those 32 lives. Don't you people understand that a saying says," A Time and Tide, Wait For No Man." What happened, it happened. So stop those accusations, and don't point finger. There is no one to blame. Fai a le upu, e le tutupu fua mea faapena. Ua silasila mai le Atua mai le lagi, ma ua atugalu ai lona finagalo i le tele ole agasala i le atunu'u ma ona tagata. Samoa e, fai si lelei, aua o le isi mea e toe tupu mai. E feoloolo le malaia na o'o ia Sotoma ma Komoro ile isi mea e toe tupu mai. Salamo ia, ma ia soia ia le soona lafo laia faamatalaga i luga o le ae, aua e le na'o outou e faitau ai i tou gasu laia e felafoa'i solo. Tu'u lou lava isu i le mea e tatau ona tu'u ai, ae 'aua le soona lalafo fa'amatalaga leaga e oo le vao. Upu o le tusi a mama, togi sau ma'a. Upu a le atunu'u, "E a le uga e tau sisili, ae tigaina ai fua le atigi". A e le malamalama i le muagagana, ona e fa'afesoota'i mai le o a'i la'u telefoni (1633-007) Ia manuia tele le aso. Fa'asoifuaina le atunu'u. Toa soifua....................... |
FED UP WITH THE GOVERNMENT. wrote: |
15 Nov 2009 10:42 AM |
| With all that's been going on in the territory, the Governor YET still continues to make excuses. Do you know what excuses are? Excuses are the nails to build a house of failure, a direction we are clearly heading towards with the corruption going on in the government!! Why are having FEMA to build an alert system when there was already funds available for it and WE DON'T KNOW WHERE IT WENT..It's even sad, cuz we are everywhere in the news concerning the amount of money that has been spent over unnecessary things and the necessary things were forgotten!! Simple message to the government ESPECIALLY the leaders!! GET YOUR ACT STRAIGHT, CUZ IN THE END, YOU WON'T SUFFER, THE PEOPLE WILL..Don't make the people have to pay consequences for your actions and irresponsibility to LEAD the people!! God Bless Samoa especially its people!! |
SHONUFF wrote: |
15 Nov 2009 09:01 AM |
| SHAME,SHAME, NOW FEMA GETTING INVOLED IN THE SIREN ISSUE LEADERS OF AMOA YOU HAVE NO SHAME!! BEFORE WE GO ON , GET RID OF THE LEADERS FIRST! GOVENOR NEVER ANSWER THE 8MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION "WHERES THE MONEY" ??? FOR THE SIRENS??? |
Kris A. Asuega wrote: |
14 Nov 2009 10:03 PM |
| It seems to me that the Governor does not support the siren alert system to be installed in order to alert the people in case of another tsunami disaster. Come on Governor, your comments in this article were inappropriate and unwarranted. Of all people, you inparticular should have or feel remorse toward our people who lost their lives during this first tsunami disaster. I agreed with Laulau's comments. American Samoa badly needs new leaderships. Anyway, what about safe haven places build for people to go too when disasters of this magnitude occurs again? These safe haven places needed to be constructed at high lever grounds and make it as a requirement and not a suggestion. Each village should be made solely responsible for care and the upkeep to insure it's availabilty during major disasters. Ia fa'afetai lava. |
junior wrote: |
14 Nov 2009 08:40 PM |
| With all do respect Mr. Governor, Western Samoas Landscape differ far from Tutuila! Villages in W. Samoa that were affected by Tsunami are all built on Mass Flat-Lands adjacent to the Ocean. Mountains are located at least 1 to 1.5 miles from the shorelines!
So the Australian report was correct only for W. Samoa and not for Tutuila!! Villages affected in Tutuila are alot closer to mountains. That means with adequate "Warning System" you could save thousands of lives!! Even the 34 lives we lost in this tragedy.
And please don't dis-respect the victims and their families by trying to cover-up Government's ignorance by citing Australias Governments Report! You can have all the out-reach programs you want! The fact of matter is! They won't be their all the time looking for Tsunamis! That's where a warning system comes in!
Your in the later rounds of this fight and your just swinging hoping for a knock-out! It won't happen! |
LOVE wrote: |
14 Nov 2009 08:07 PM |
| TO THE FEMA,WHEN ARE THESE FAMILIES GOING TO GET THE CHECK TO BUILD THEIR HOUSES,FOR THE PEOPLE THAT LOST THERE HOUSES AND THEIR PERSONAL STUFF.
PEOPLE ARE STILL WAITIN,N WAITING AND NOTHING IS COMING TO THEM...SO!!!!!IS THE FEMA GOING TO HELP THESE FAMILIES???? |
Lui Leasiolagi wrote: |
14 Nov 2009 07:44 PM |
| ‘THE TSUNAMI IS A DEADLY AND DEVASTATING THING, BUT NOT AS DEADLY AND DISASTROUS AS THOSE WHO SURVIVED AND LEARNED NOTHING’ |
MEAN DA DOPE wrote: |
14 Nov 2009 01:21 PM |
| OKAY FEMA, I HAVE TO GO ON AN OFF ISLAND TRIP FOR A VERRRRYYYYYY IMPORTANT MEETING. CAN WE RE-SCHEDULE OUR MEETING ON A LATER DATE ON MY RETURN.
FEMA, PLZ, CAN YOU JUST INITIATE THE PLAN FOR A WARNING SYSTEM BEFORE ANOTHER TSUNAMI HITS SAMOA AND KILL MORE OF OUR PEOPLE. |
S. A. Laulu wrote: |
14 Nov 2009 09:52 AM |
| Here again the governor is continuing to make excuses when he knows they squandered money earmarked for a siren system. A wiseman once said that if one knows they did wrong, silence is the golden rule. Stop putting your foot in your mouth governor because the more you do, the more guilty you sound. The Fono leaders should start the impeachment process for both you and the Lt. governor. Ma'imau le atamai na avatu e le Atua ia oulua ua fai ma mea ua avea ai oulua ma ni tagata le fa'autautagia, le aloaia i lua tiute tofia, le alolofa i tagata o le atunu'u, (34 people died under your watch) e foliga mai ai ua le agava'a oulua ile tauaveina o lua tiute tofia. O pogai uma ia ua tatau ai ona ave esea oulua mai le tofiga ole kovana ma le sui kovana. I hate to be negative but brother, I'm just adding to the consensus feelings of the majority of our people. You both must drastically change your arrogant, insensitive, insolent, insidiuos and deceptive ways and do right and choose the right for a change in your ways to govern our people. Follow your own exhortations when you spoke in the past of proper Christian behaviors. Good luck my brothers!......Sal |
Tama Samoa Moni wrote: |
14 Nov 2009 08:53 AM |
| FEMA is willing to help, they are willing to facilitate this help, they are ready to provide technical assistance, and on and on and on. All we have to do is ask.... here we are again, making excuses and saying this is better and that is even better. Folks, we lost 34 lives and we still do not have anything concrete up to this minute. While recovery effort is paramount, we should be just as vigilant in procuring a warning system, NOW. Ask FEMA for that help.
And if another tsunami occurs next week (really hope not), who answers to that devastattion while here we are once again, sitting and looking pretty infront of the television set discussing and discussing and more discussion of a warning system. I think everyone gets it! Do it now please..... |
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