[Cedar]

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.

[tomkat]

Thanks for the link - will look at it in the a.m.
My brain is mush for now.

G'nite y'all...

[tomkat]

Thank God I'm not an attorney, but had to have a peek before bed.

Only one section of that document requested direct Federal hands-on intervention, the rest was one kind of funding grab or another.

Here's the relevant section, from pg 3: