Re: OT - Complete Katrina timeline

yeah and FEMA's maps indicating whish parishes were disasters were from
Hurricane Cindy -oops!

Mr Soul wrote:
> Oh & I forget. Here's Bush's statement (August 27, 2005) -
> http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/08/20050827-1.html.
>
> "The President today declared an emergency exists in the State of
> Louisiana and ordered Federal aid to supplement state and local
> response efforts in the parishes located in the path of Hurricane
> Katrina beginning on August 26, 2005, and continuing.
>
> The President's action authorizes the Department of Homeland Security,
> Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to coordinate all disaster
> relief efforts which have the purpose of alleviating the hardship and
> suffering caused by the emergency on the local population, and to
> provide appropriate assistance for required emergency measures,
> authorized under Title V of the Stafford Act, to save lives, protect
> property and public health and safety, or to lessen or avert the threat
> of a catastrophe in the parishes of Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard,
> Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Claiborne, Catahoula, Concordia,
> De Soto, East Baton Rouge, East Carroll, East Feliciana, Evangeline,
> Franklin, Grant, Jackson, LaSalle, Lincoln, Livingston, Madison,
> Morehouse, Natchitoches, Pointe Coupee, Ouachita, Rapides, Red River,
> Richland, Sabine, St. Helena, St. Landry, Tensas, Union, Vernon,
> Webster, West Carroll, West Feliciana, and Winn. "
>
> Specifically, FEMA is authorized to identify, mobilize, and provide at
> its discretion, equipment and resources necessary to alleviate the
> impacts of the emergency. Debris removal and emergency protective
> measures, including direct Federal assistance, will be provided at 75
> percent Federal funding.
>
> Representing FEMA, Michael D. Brown, Under Secretary for Emergency
> Preparedness and Response, Department of Homeland Security, named
> William Lokey as the Federal Coordinating Officer for Federal recovery
> operations in the affected area. "
>
> It sure sounds to me like Bush is giving FEMA/Brown the authority it
> needed. Sounds pretty simple to me - FEMA dropped the ball on this.
>
> Mr Soul

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