Blanco blocked FEMA

Compiled from media and FreeRepublic.com | 9/16/2005 | zot

[zot]

The FEMA response was not slow. They were rolling two days before the storm arrived.

FEMA was blocked by the storm until late Monday afternoon 29 August in the New Orleans area, and until Tuesday morning 30 August by storm conditions inland.

And then ...

Has anyone else heard reports from FEMA contracted truck drivers who were blocked by the Louisiana state highway patrol between Tuesday 30 August and Thursday 1 September?

[The Sons of Liberty]

Blanco and Nagin should both be impeached!

I firmly believe Nagin is moving to Dallas for "health reasons".

[zot]

Please ping others who may be interested in this.

[zot]

I agree.

[B.O. Plenty]

And then this from the The Dead Pelican: Democratic Strategist Rich Masters: "Consider Marc Morial to Lead Rebuilding Effort" September 16, 2005 Rich Masters, Democratic Strategist closely alligned with Mary Landrieu, (once employed by her) has called for former Mayor Marc Morial to be considered to lead the "Katrina Fund" rebuilding effort, Rogers has learned. "I would not have believed it, had I not seen it on Fox from noon to 1 est," said a source.

Developing...

This is what we need...more looters.

[planekT]

I firmly believe Nagin is moving to Dallas for "health reasons".

Is there a clinical term for fear of lead poisoning?

[Interesting Times]

Could you point your Katrina ping list to this one?

Thanks, I.T.

[Interesting Times]

Katrina timeline ping...

[mtbopfuyn]

So, Brown was "let go" for political reasons only.

[NRA2BFree]

Is there a clinical term for fear of lead poisoning?

Murder!

[blackie]

It was a total local and state government breakdown!

[Grampa Dave]

fyi and indexing

[onevoter]

After one of our own state representatives traveled the state to inform the public that the entire hurricane was all President Bush's fault I emailed the following to one of his representatives.

"I am e-mailing to express my disappointment with Senator Carl Levin's decision to point fingers at President Bush and the federal government for their response to Hurricane Katrina's aftermath. This diatribe did nothing more than remind us of why the Democrats have become the minority party in every branch of government. Carl Levin would be well-advised to become better educated in the chain-of-command in regards to what was, after all, a natural disaster.

He could start with the Mayor who refused to make any attempt to evacuate the city when the danger was first announced. Next he might take a look at the Governor who refused to relinquish power to the federal government until long after this should have been done. Of course, that would never have suited Mr. Levin's purposes, since these people were BOTH Democrats.

Since Senator Levin seems to have so much time to be running around the state pointing fingers, I might suggest that he find something better to do with his time - namely trying to bring new industry into a state that ties with Alaska for the honor of being the State slowest to pull out of economic hardships. If he put some energy into improving the problems in his own state, rather than
taking it upon himself to tell the President how to run the nation, Michigan might not be in such an unenviable position.

In closing, I would hope that Senator Levin would learn to offer solutions instead of whining and pointing fingers. When that actually occurs all citizens of the State of Michigan will have more confidence in the leadership within our own state."

FOLLOWING IS THE RESPONSE THAT WAS RECEIVED:

"Thank you for writing. I will pass along your partisan opinion to Senator Levin."

Just makes me feel good all over to realize just how interested the Senator is in the opinion of his constituents.

[NautiNurse]

Katrina timeline for FEMA response

Ping!

[bert]

.....Said the convoys of utility trucks were amazing....

On Tuesday morning after land fall, I traveled down I 81 in East Tennessee and passed many convoys of electric trucks and tree trucks. They were from Connecticut and New York. The had to have been dispatched on Saturday or Sunday to to be 900 miles south on Tuesday morning. On Tuesday I counted 150 + of these trucks.

I met Katrina with light rain and 30 mph winds at Athens Tennessee

[planekT]

That's probably why he took action to evacuate all the people guns.

[Road Warrior ‘04]

I watched a news conference with Nagin on I believe Friday or Saturday, and he was pleading, quite frantically, for people to evacuate New Orleans, but could not declare a mandatory evacuation. That had to come, as he put it, "from a higher power"! I can only assume that he was speaking of the governor, BlanKO!

This doesn't excuse him for not using the buses and Amtrak!

[SE Mom]

This is excellent. Thanks!

One question- IIRC the president called Bov Blanco on the 26th of August- the first of several calls to encourage, ask and finally beg that NOLA be evac'd.

[Dog Gone]

Excellent timeline.

[zot]

So, Brown was "let go" for political reasons only.

Maybe, though he wasn't fired as Director of FEMA. He resigned.

The Democrats have established the lie that the federal response was slow. That is the false premise on which they and their surrogates base their blame-casting.