Posted on 09/16/2005 2:34:16 PM PDT by zot
Saturday 27 August
-- Seven of the 18 Urban Search and Rescue task forces FEMA has deployed were already in the region before the storm struck Sunday. (CNN) These US&R teams exist for the purpose of structuring local emergency personnel into integrated disaster response task forces. (FEMA)
-- FEMA Director Mike Brown. "There's about 36 hours for folks to get ready. Beyond that, it's just too late. I can't emphasize enough to viewers how serious FEMA is taking this storm. The agency has dispatched teams to both states." (CNN)
6:45 pm -- President Bush declares a federal state of emergency for Louisiana. This document dated Saturday, 27 August, orders Federal aid to supplement state and local response efforts in the parishes located in the path of Hurricane Katrina, effective Friday, 26 August 2005.
9:00 pm -- Governor Blanco says the President has declared a PRE-hurricane emergency, apparently the first time this has happened, and Max Mayfield of the Hurricane Center has called her and told her it is really serious.
Sunday 28 August
8:40 am -- People showing up outside the Superdome. Louisiana National Guard not letting them in. Mayor Nagin says Superdome is for special medical needs.
9:50 am -- FEMA Director Mike Brown says they have planned staging areas to the west, east and north, and will be ready to roll the moment they can. Said the convoys of utility trucks were amazing ... NJ, PA, etc., are all enroute.
-- President Bush calls Governor Blanco and personally appeals for mandatory evacuation of New Orleans.
10:30 am -- Mayor Nagin orders mandatory evacuation of New Orleans, but exempts hotels. He says the city has no liability for the hotels. Governor Blanco, standing beside Mayor Nagin at this news conference, says President Bush called "just before we came in" and personally appealed for a mandatory evacuation of the low-lying city, which is prone to flooding.
12:30 pm -- Hundreds of people are outside the Superdome waiting to get in.
3:41 pm -- Fox News: Long lines of people waiting to get into the Superdome.
4:00 pm -- Traffic cameras show torrential rain soaking New Orleans
4:30 pm -- Tempers are flaring outside the Superdome. Crowd chanting, "Let Us In!" Explanation: authorities are searching everyone for weapons and drugs.
Monday 29 August
6:30 am -- Katrina makes landfall 60 miles south of New Orleans. Winds 145 mph. Slate tiles blowing off roofs. Power goes out in the French Quarter.
8:00 am -- Wind tears two holes in roof of Superdome.
12:30 pm -- Emergency teams all along the Gulf Coast from Louisiana to Florida are standing by and ready to be deployed as soon as damage is assessed.
1:00 pm -- FEMA Director Mike Brown states that he has “water, ice and military MREs ready to be shipped into areas affected. Supply lines are backed up to Fort Worth and Atlanta.”
2:15 pm -- Weather clearing along the coast, but first responders are still blocked by the storm inland.
4:00 pm -- Winds reduced. CNN and other media reporting a party atmosphere in the French Quarter, saying New Orleans apparently dodged “the Big One.”
-- Red Cross [agent of FEMA] is ready to take food and water into New Orleans. Not allowed by the Director of the Louisiana Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, because of concerns over logistical difficulties.
Tuesday 30 August
10:30 am -- Governor Blanco declares martial law throughout the State of Louisiana, tells state highway patrol to block all entrances into the state.
11:43 am -- Martial law is being enforced. Governor Blanco has instructed the highway patrol to block off all entrances into the state. (WDSU)
-- "I heard a FEMA contracted truck driver talking on Coast to Coast last night saying he was not allowed into New Orleans by the Louisiana State Patrol on Tuesday, and he was forced to wait til Thursday with 50 other semis." (Posted on FreeRepublic.com 09/14/2005 1:13:15 PM EDT by BurbankKarl)
I guess Senator Levin is not interested in representing all of the people of his state. It is just very surprising that he would be so obvious about it.
It is particularly annoying that both Blanco and the Mayor are now running around "re-opening parts of New Orleans-Mr Mayor" and "accepting my share of the blame - Ms. Governor."
I would imagine that, now that there is Federal money to be had, these two both want to be the one to decide how that money is spent. As far as I'm concerned, since neither of them wanted to accept that they were "part of the problem" they should NOT be allowed to place themselves in a position to pretend to be "part of the solution."
Oh brother, the man seems to have been in the Senate my entire voting life and is one of the most embarrassing partisan loons. Here in West Michigan the only time I hear from him is when he stops by the area to fill the airwaves with Bush criticism. On the bright side, at least you got a response...he has never bothered to respond to my letters or emails.
He had to have somewhere to bring those people. That means Blank0 had to authorize the shelters outside of the city limits. There were no shelters that were approved for a cat 5 storm in his jurisdiction. So basically the dipstick governor is most culpable.
Oh brother! The twin sisters of LA!! And you already know who those two losers are!!!
I know that our emergency response teams ( from my company) were blocked entry without a letter from the governor. We were going to secure government sites that had been destroyed by the storm but had to wait for clearance from local and state authorities. This was on Thursday evening.
What is the time difference from when the hurricane passed to the time the barge broke the levy?
They're the two FEMA blockin blockhead FEMALES!!!
That was/is my premise! BlanKO is to blame, pure and simple.
When your time line is taken and compared to what was not done re the state's emergency plan, it becomes apparent that da mayor, his lackey police chief and Da governoress failed to do anything that they were supposed to do.
On the thread link below, we have the entire evacuation and er plan which was not followed by Blanco, da mayor, the state police and of course the worthless N O's police chief:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1485961/posts
Official State Of Louisiana Emergency Operations Plan January 2000 (supplement--Evacuation Plan)
from PDF | State of Louisiana
Posted on 09/16/2005 1:14:47 PM PDT by Blurblogger
While the Democrats are whitewashing everything and have removed the New Orleans city evacuation plan (links below), for posterity's sake here is the text of the STATE plan. (text extracted verbatim from PDF file dated January 2000)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1485961/posts
Just as many of us thought!
4:00 pm CDT -- 5:00 pm EDT -- Hurricane Katrina Advisory Number 14. National Hurricane Center shifted their predicted landfall west from the Florida panhandle to landfall Monday 29 August near Biloxi, Mississippi.
This was the first official forecast that Katrina would hit anywhere near New Orleans, though Freepers had predicted it earlier.
I have not found evidence that President Bush called Governor Blanco on Friday.
She is said to have declared a state of emergency on Friday after the prediction by National Weather Service, but there is something strange about that. More than a week later, a member of her staff told the Washington Post that Governor Blanco had not declared a state of emergency. I'm still looking into that.
The fact that I received any response at all made me wonder if his whining diatribe was resulting in LOTS of frustrated e-mails. I honestly feel that someone who can't work towards fixing the problems in his own state shouldn't be worrying about how to take care of Louisiana - he is obviously not up to the challenge.
Isn't that an urban legend?
It was the Blanco/Landrieu bunko bunch in cahoots wif da mayor and da worthless NO Policea Chieftan.
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