I don't buy that for a nanosecond.
If there were any credence to it, the headlines EVERYWHERE would have been four stories high, beginning Monday the 29th.
Variation on the theme already outted by Buckhead.
Here's a link to the official request dated Aug. 28th from Gov. Blanco to President Bush for Federal help (pdf file):
http://gov.louisiana.gov/Disaster%20Relief%20Request.pdf
I don't know about the other request on Aug. 27th -- that's why I was asking the freeper about it.
I'm just trying to get it clear in my own mind what happened as to requests for help, etc.