GOVERNOR BLANCO DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY BATON ROUGE, LA--Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco today issued Proclamation No. 48 KBB 2005, declaring a state of emergency for the state Louisiana as Hurricane Katrina poses an imminent threat, carrying severe storms, high winds, and torrential rain that may cause flooding and damage to private property and public facilities, and threaten the safety and security of the citizens of the state of Louisiana The state of emergency extends from Friday, August 26, 2005, through Sunday, September 25, 2005, unless terminated sooner.
http://gov.louisiana.gov/Press_Release_detail.asp?id=973
and Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco declared States of Emergency Friday. In Louisiana, New Orleans is of particular concern because much of that city lies below sea level.
Thank you. It's tough to keep all this information straight, but I want to be sure we are being as accurate as possible. FR is the most relevant and accurate news source available and I hope it always stays that way.
Blanco may have declared a state of emergency, but she has done precious little constructive with it.
Yes, I've seen the press releases also. With dates. Something doesn't jive. This article is pretty damning towards city/state, but notice the edit at top dated 9/4.
There's something weird going on, I think, but sure don't know what.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/03/AR2005090301680.html