In an exclusive excerpt from his forthcoming memoir, former FEMA head Michael D. Brown explains how he was prepared for the hurricane to strike—and why the call for help from the city never came.
Michael D. Brown was Undersecretary of Homeland Security in the administration of President George W. Bush. A consultant and radio talk show host, he lives in Boulder, Colorado. Ted Schwarz is the author of over 100 books, several of them bestsellers. He lives in Cleveland, Ohio.