Weatherlawyer wrote:

Brown, who for many became a symbol of government failures in the
natural disaster that claimed the lives of more than 1,000 people,
rejected accusations that he was too inexperienced for the job.

``I've overseen over 150 presidentially declared disasters. I know what
I'm doing, and I think I do a pretty darn good job of it,'' Brown said.


http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlates...305703,00.html

What 150 presidentially declared disasters?

Does he mean this sort of thing:

By Aaron C. Davis / Mercury News

NEW ORLEANS - Across the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast, thousands upon
thousands of blue tarps are being nailed to wind-damaged roofs, a
visible sign of government assistance.

The blue sheeting -- a godsend to residents whose homes are threatened
by rain -- is rapidly becoming the largest roofing project in the
nation's history.

But it isn't coming cheap.

Knight Ridder has found that a lack of oversight, generous contracting
deals and poor planning mean that government agencies are paying as
much as 10 times what the temporary fix would normally cost. The
government is paying contractors an average of $2,480 for less than two
hours of work to cover each damaged roof -- even though it's also
giving them endless supplies of blue sheeting for free.