Tensions color Bush, Blanco meeting - from NOLA

NOLA ^ | 9-5-2005 | NA

[schu]

Tensions color Bush, Blanco meeting

Gov. Kathleen Blanco canceled a scheduled trip Monday to visit Louisiana evacuees in Houston shelters to stay in Baton Rouge to meet with President Bush. Blanco Communications Director Bob Mann said the governor did not learn about the Bush visit until early Monday morning. “We had no idea the president was coming,” Mann said.

Tension between the Blanco and Bush administrations has surfaced in recent days as state and federal officials try to coordinate recovery efforts in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

The Blanco administration clearly wanted to express their irritation with the communication about the president's trip. Blanco officials said they had heard that the president might make a visit and had been trying to get details.

As of late Sunday night, FEMA officials told Blanco that the president was not planning a visit, Mann said. One key point of coordination is the military effort to restore order and begin rebuilding infrastructure.

As of Monday morning, the National Guard from Louisiana and other states had deployed 13,268 troops in the 13 parish area affected by the storm, Louisiana National Guard spokesman Pete Schneider said. In route are 7,845 more National Guardsmen, so that by Tuesday morning 21,113 guardsmen will be in Louisiana.

Parallel to that effort, the regular Army 82nd Airborne and 1st Cavalry divisions are sending in 7,000 troops to Louisiana to arrive in the next couple of days.

[chiefqc]

So whatyou're saying is that if there is a clueless moron running the city or state, people should have to suffer because of their moronic decisions. Thank you very much for your comments Ms.Blanco but you are still a clueless moron.

[AmishDude]

Here are TDubb's posts:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/user-posts?id=221476

[bonfire]

BOTH Haley and the gov of Alabama have had nothing but praise for Bush. Alabama gov. said that Bush called him twice a day ALL last week and asked what they needed AND were given everything they asked for.

[don-o]

Everybody has gotten some help but is has been to little to late for MANY people of all races.

I am sure you have read the actual timelines?

At exactly which point exactly what would YOU have done differently?

Come on. Tell me something. Stop spewing sophomoric nonsense all over my beloved Free Republic.

[DaGman]

"So what you're saying is that if there is a clueless moron running the city or state, people should have to suffer because of their moronic decisions."

Hyperbole does not justify a takeover by the federal government of a sovereign state. The constitution is crystal clear on the relationship between the states and the federal government. The states do not need a reason to tell the federal government to butt out. The federal government only can say, "Yes, we'll stay out of your business."

I'm amazed at all the tear-jerker reasons people come up with to increase the power and domain of the federal government over states. And as soon as this blows over they will all go back to their fair-weather interpretations of the constitution.

[popdonnelly]

Tensions color my relationship with Democrats and the mainstream media.

[solo gringo]

Don't you think you should get your facts straight.Mississippi did not hire Witt of the Clinton w/h. Blanko of Louisiana hired him to beef up their stupidity as they did not have enough.

[GoLightly]

Here's a good place for you to start.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1476243/posts

FEMA & MSM sites won't have the info you need to get up to speed. Read down the thread, cuz there are a lot of links & other info in some of the responses.

[GoLightly]

If you click on anyone's handle (name), you're taken to their homepage & there's a link to click on "In Forum" to view their previous posts. I came across this thread while checking out TDubb's posting history.

[bonfire]

LOL!

[GoLightly]

You posted misinformation, which hardly qualify as "facts".

[ClancyJ]

I can't stand that woman. Bush had to call her and TELL HER to get that city evacuated - the two idiots in charge were too dense to do anything without running to their lawyers.

Probably the reason they are blaming him so much now to direct the ire to Bush rather than where it belongs on the governor and mayor and the state that did not want to mend their levees.

[Milligan]

NEW ORLEANS, July 22 (UPI) -- A major hurricane, with 130 mph winds and an 18-foot-high storm surge, would not scare 60 percent of southeast Louisiana residents, a survey found.

That would be a dangerous decision, said Jesse St. Amant, emergency preparedness director for Plaquemines Parish, because Louisiana's sinking coastline and levees no longer protect residents from a Category 3 storm.

The University of New Orleans Survey Research Center and the Southeast Louisiana Hurricane Task Force survey, released Thursday, also found many who evacuated during Hurricanes Georges in 1998, Lili in 2002 or last year's Ivan might not have traveled far enough to escape danger, the New Orleans Times-Picayune said Friday.

In 2002, an American Red Cross estimate found 25,000 to 100,000 people would be killed if a major hurricane hit the New Orleans area.

If people don't evacuate when directed by officials the number of casualties would be "beyond comprehension," according to St. Amant.

Related Headlines
http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/index.php?feed=Science&article=UPI-1-20050722-18422300-bc-us-hurricanes.xml#

[hiredhand]

I bet I've posted this a dozen times today in different threads....:-)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1477607/posts

...or directly via...

http://tiadaily.com/php-bin/news/showArticle.php?id=1026

[Enchante]

"In 2002, an American Red Cross estimate found 25,000 to 100,000 people would be killed if a major hurricane hit the New Orleans area. If people don't evacuate when directed by officials the number of casualties would be "beyond comprehension," according to St. Amant."

More evidence that local and state officials were NEGLIGENT beyond belief. THEY had ample warnings for years that 10s of thousands of their citizens would likely be killed if a Cat. 4/5 story hit the NOLA area (the casualties might stay under 10,000, but that is horrible enough). They KNEW from recent experiences with Hurricanes George and Ivan that their evac and shelter plans were a pile of boviine excrement. The sloth and negligence of this Mayor and this Governor is unbelievable.... but they expect Mommy Federal Government to save them from their own negligence within 24 hours..... when the 'Rat Governor won't even request what's needed, won't deploy her own National Guard, and won't allow the feds to take over when her own incompetence has wrecked the situation..... Yup, typical 'Rat politicians.

[Flux Capacitor]

----Settled issue. 1865.----

A thousand amens. La. sure could have used a little "imposition" last week.

-Dan

[B4Ranch]

repeat If anyone needs an a**-kicking, it's the state and local officials - they have the first responsibility, not the feds.

repeatIf anyone needs an a**-kicking, it's the state and local officials - they have the first responsibility, not the feds.

repeatIf anyone needs an a**-kicking, it's the state and local officials - they have the first responsibility, not the feds.

repeatIf anyone needs an a**-kicking, it's the state and local officials - they have the first responsibility, not the feds.

repeatIf anyone needs an a**-kicking, it's the state and local officials - they have the first responsibility, not the feds.

repeatIf anyone needs an a**-kicking, it's the state and local officials - they have the first responsibility, not the feds.

repeatIf anyone needs an a**-kicking, it's the state and local officials - they have the first responsibility, not the feds.

[brazzaville]

Good evening.
"Don't forget your cellphone."

You bet. I'll be making a trip to Real Goods next week to see what they've got to offer in the way of things to produce energy.

I picked up one of the flashlights that you shake. I like it except that it puts out an emf out about 18" which my pacemaker/defibrillator doesn't like.

Technology has made survival fun. I think every household should have gps, and night vision gear is cheap now. Throw in Commie guns and ammo and even the poor can be well prepared.

Store water and make your own rations and you are as set as you can make yourself. Meds are the hard problem to solve and I'll take my chances with alternative medicine if necessary.

Of course the best prep is a network of skilled friends and family.

Thinking about prepping makes me happy.

Michael Frazier

[clee1]

Bug off, Troll.