Blanco blocked FEMA

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

[luvie]

Thank you, SA! He was more a victim of someone GIVING IN to the smear machine! He could have survived this if everyone around him hadn't caved!

[jdhljc169]

bump

[dixiechick2000]

Good post!

Thanks for the ping!

[dixiechick2000]

Big ole bump!

Thanks!

[MaxPlanck]

Safety and Security were also reasons the Red Cross didn't go in early on - were they the MAIN reasons?

[Grampa Dave]

Elliot Ness and the mob in Chicago is a prime example.

[Zacs Mom]

Boy, have you got that right!!

In what has become the typical cRAT reaction to their mistakes Blanco and Landrieu railroad FEMA Undersecretary Mike Brown as a diversionary tactic!

Blanco and Landrieu meeting with Brown in Baton Rouge, Monday, August 29, 2005:

Baton Rouge, La., 8/29/05 -- FEMA Undersecretary Michael Brown talks with Governor Blanco, right and Senator Landrieu at the Office of Emergency Management about Hurricane Katrina. New Orleans is being evacuated as a result of flooding caused by hurricane Katrina. Photo by Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA

Baton Rouge, La., 8/29/05 -- FEMA Undersecretary Michael Brown sits in a briefing with Governor Blanco, members of her staff and FEMA staff at the Office of Emergency Management about Hurricane Katrina. New Orleans is being evacuated. Photo by Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA

Baton Rouge, La. 8/29/05 -- FEMA's Under Secretary Michael Brown speaks at a press briefing at the Office of Emergency Management about Hurricane Katrina. He is joined by Governor Blanco, (center) and Senator Landrieu (l). New Orleans is being evacuated following hurricane Katrina. Photo by Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA

Baton Rouge, La., 8/29/05 - Governor Blanco speaks at a press briefing at the Office of Emergency Management about hurricane Katrina. FEMA Undersecretary Michael Brown looks on. New Orleans is being evacuated due to flooding. Photo by Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA

Yet, these two harpies used ever moment of camera time they could muster to rage about FEMA not being there!!!

[Grampa Dave]

Exactly!

[dixiechick2000]

Oooooh!

Good post!

[Delphinium]

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

Why is Bush taking the blame?

I hope the truth comes out.

[Grampa Dave]

"He said they were looking into "liabilities" should the order be issued."

I got a heads up from a lawyer in an ajoining state during the early part of the Dome fiasco and no use of the buses.

He said to blame the union drivers, their bosses and the lawyers for the unions and the city for not using the buses.

[dixiechick2000]

"He said to blame the union drivers, their bosses and the lawyers for the unions and the city for not using the buses."


You just KNEW they had a hand in this.
They are no good at all.

[dixiechick2000]

One more thing, Gramps.

I think I, now, understand the source of Nagin's frustration last week.
While his outburst was unseemly, I think I understand why.

[Grampa Dave]

Between your excellent timeline and the unfollowed Official State Of Louisiana Emergency Operations Plan January 2000 (supplement--Evacuation Plan)
from PDF | State of Louisiana, we have hard data to shut the rats up.

Watch them move on to the Roberts's hearings or create a new non crisis.

[miele man]

Yes, I heard the same report on Art Bell's Coast to Coast radio show. Bell took a call from a truck driver who had water supplies and was blocked from delivering them.

I saw a TV report of a similar nature. If I correctly recall, the truck driver said there were several trailer loads of supplies temporarily parked at Maxwell Air Force base in Montgomery, Alabama, a staging area for FEMA. The drivers were told the Governor of Louisana would not let them in. I don't recall which day this was.

[Grampa Dave]

He had the plan, the buses and he knew what he should have done.

He listened to the rat lawyers trying protect the union and those worrying about a bus in a wreck with refugees and a non union driver.

If the governor, the chief of N O's police and Nagin had done what the plan had laid out, most of the tragedy would have been avoided.

[zot]

Safety and Security were also reasons the Red Cross didn't go in early on - were they the MAIN reasons

No.

Tuesday 30 August

3:30 pm -- Governor Blanco says all of New Orleans must be evacuated, including hotels, the Superdome and other shelters.

-- Louisiana Department of Homeland Security refused to allow the Red Cross to bring supplies to the Superdome, "Because they wanted all those people to leave, and they didn't want to create a magnet to bring others there, by bringing in food and water." (Fox News)

[zot]

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57 posted on 09/16/2005 7:21:42 PM EDT by Smartass

Reason: double post of same picture

[Road Warrior ‘04]

It is also my understanding that Nagin was apprehensive about issuing a mandatory evacuation order, as the City, Nagin, and others were sued last year for issuing a mandatory evacuation order in advance of Hurricane Ivan, which subsequently hit the Panhandle of Florida. Again, he was frantic, but could do nothing without the go-ahead from BlanKO.

[NautiNurse]

Have spent a bit of time in the past week looking back over the Katrina Live threads. The evolution of events is fascinating. Glad to know they have been useful toward piecing together the facts.