Good Morning. I think I've established a bad habit.... getting up mid morning. I will probably loose my Dawn Patrol credentials.
kassie, thanks for replying to my question about the availability of gasoline on your trip to KS. I was just curious.
Peach, thanks for posting the article verifying the Friday thing. I was so sure it was the Friday BEFORE the storm, then when others said it was Last Friday, I thought, "Well, maybe so". Glad to have that question resolved.
Well, now some freepers have told me that the Washington Times article isn't written clearly at all, and they may be correct.
This is also in that article, however, and is interesting.
On her Internet Web site, Mrs. Blanco displays her letter to Mr. Bush dated Aug. 28, in which she requests various forms of federal funding for dealing with the expected aftermath of the storm, and estimates that she will need about $130 million. In the letter, Mrs. Blanco does not request federal troops, nor does she highlight any immediate needs. Clearly not enough troops were deployed. On Aug. 30, the day after the storm hit, only 4,700 National Guardsmen were mobilized in the state. Mrs. Blanco could have asked for a more substantial force under established emergency-mutual-assistance compacts, which enables governors of neighboring states to share resources in times of disaster.
Some day we're going to teach reporters how to write an article in sequence and clearly.
...posted at 7:50 a.m.........
...hmmm.......you & I have very different ideas of what constitutes "mid-morning.";^)