Posted on 09/07/2005 11:57:11 AM PDT by alessandrofiaschi
A Brief HistoryThe Louisiana Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (LHLS & EP); formally the Louisiana Office of Emergency Preparedness (LOEP), was created by the Civil Act of 1950 and is under the Louisiana Military Department. In 1976 LHLS & EP via the Louisiana government reorganization, was moved to the Department of Public Safety (DPS). In 1990 LHLS & EP was transferred again to the Military Department. In 2003 the Agency name was changed to the Louisiana Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, reflecting the additional responsibilities to the State and her citizens.
Since LHLS & EP was placed under the Military Department in 1990, the Agency has managed over 16 Federal Disaster Declarations and has coordinated several hundred State Disaster Declarations authorized under the Governor's signature. Over the years, the mission has evolved to include the spectrum of natural, man-made disasters and as of 2003; the duties and responsibilities for supporting Louisiana's Homeland Security needs.
Since 1990, LHLS & EP has been under the leadership of two Directors, Major General Ansel M. Stroud and Major General Bennett C. Landreneau. The staff at the Baton Rouge office has also undergone many changes and adjusted personnel to accommodate a number of large disasters such as Hurricane Andrew, Tropical Storm Allison, and more recently the damages resulting from Isidore and Lilli in 2002. The inclusion of the Homeland Security mission has also created additional staffing requirements.
http://www.ohsep.louisiana.gov/agencyrelated/aboutagency.htm
Mayoor Nagin is a real bastard! He is the main responsible for this disaster!
She would be Daryl gates times 10 as far as the demographic was concerned.
Yeah - he's a big part of the problem too. I'm just tired of pointing at Brown without looking down the FEMA chain a little bit.
Blanco did plenty to create this situation, and if Compass was even remotely competent, Nagin's failures would have been far less deadly.
If the NOPD had done their job properly this whole situation would have been very different.
However, to wax Jesse Jacksonesque for a moment, the first responders turned out to be the first absconders.
Bump!
For that alone--placing her political career above her duty to the people she was charged to protect--she should be driven out of office and publicly disgraced.
More srew-tanizing?
"the first responders turned out to be the first absconders."
The po-lice looted, Nagin scooted.
Wow Nagin really threw Blanco under the bus (no pun intended).
It's the only logical explanation, but it's unprovable.
The Nagin/Blanco LACK-vacuation.
Gov. Blanco and Sen. Landrieu should be called "The Super Psycho Ya Yas" from now on.
Bush called ---but Blanco stalled.
It's not over yet . I predict that Jesse Jackson or Maxine Waters will demand a million dollars reparation per hurricane victim . Mark my word and note that I said it first here on FR
I realize that Nagin isn't the most literate person on the planet, but did he mean "advocating"?
"I predict that Jesse Jackson or Maxine Waters will demand a million dollars reparation per hurricane victim"
If "Rent-N-Roll" is publicly traded, buy buy buy every share you can get your hands on, if this ever happens. Mark my words, and remember, you saw it here on FR first.
"I realize that Nagin isn't the most literate person on the planet, but did he mean "advocating"?"
Since Nagin clearly abdicated his own responsibility, let's just call it a Freudian slip and leave it at that.
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