Newspaper documents FEMA waste, fraud

The Sun-Sentinel of Fort Lauderdale has a huge package on how fucked up FEMA is. It starts here. Pack a lunch. What it's about:

Reporters analyzed data obtained from the Federal Emergency Management Agency on 1 million claims for 20 disasters from 1999 to 2004 and created maps showing the location and amounts paid.
Those claims were then compared to National Weather Service and other official records of the disasters showing details such as storm paths, wind speeds, rainfall, property losses and fatalities.
Reporters researched newspaper stories and accounts of the disasters, and interviewed public safety officials -- police, fire and ambulance -- city commissioners, emergency managers and representatives of power companies, the Red Cross and other relief agencies.
They reviewed internal records of local and state agencies, including damage assessments, disaster declaration requests and post-disaster analyses.
The reporters traveled to four cities -- Los Angeles, Baton Rouge, Cleveland and Detroit -- and interviewed residents, store and business owners, community activists and public officials.