Posted on 09/03/2005 7:20:14 AM PDT by areafiftyone
Gov. Kathleen Blanco, standing beside the mayor at a news conference, said President Bush called and personally appealed for a mandatory evacuation for the low-lying city, which is prone to flooding.
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It looks like Blanco and whats his name mayor really failed to have a plan.
The moonbats don't care. They see this as an opportunity to bash Bush, facts won't get in their way.
Yup. They did not implement the evacuation. They let people stay there.
Too bad they had no buses.
Bookmarked!
Posted on 08/28/2005 1:23:07 AM EDT by Anti-Bubba182
CRAWFORD, Texas - President Bush declared a state of emergency in Louisiana on Saturday because of the approach of Hurricane Katrina and his spokesman urged residents along the coast to heed authorities' advice to evacuate.
Bush, vacationing at his ranch, was being regularly updated about the storm, which is expected to hit land early Monday, White House spokesman Scott McClellan said.
Officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency continue to coordinate with state authorities in Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama, and have prepositioned supplies in areas expected to be affected, he said.
The president's emergency declaration authorizes the FEMA to coordinate all disaster relief efforts and to provide appropriate assistance in a number of Louisiana parishes, or counties.
Authorities told residents of low-lying coastal communities to head for higher ground. The storm was expected to strengthen as it crosses the Gulf of Mexico and could become a Category 4 hurricane with wind of at least 131 mph.
"We urge residents in the areas that could be impacted to follow the recommendations of local authorities," McClellan said.
They were so clearly warned years in advance, and then with Katrina herself, days in advance. Plenty of time to evacuate people. I think you still would have seen a horrible mess. Look at Mississippi. It was still going to be a brutal mess. But the mass of refugees from NO could have been better handled. It's bizarre, because the threat was there, but I personally wasn't keenly aware that the city of NO was at risk of this type of event. I simply wasn't aware. I am sure it's very shocking to a lot of people. It's the most shocking thing I've seen since 9-11. And Mississippi looks to be real bad off too.
Gov. Kathleen Blanco, standing beside the mayor at a news conference, said President Bush called and personally appealed for a mandatory evacuation for the low-lying city, which is prone to flooding.
Looks to me like President Bush, "personally" intervened to save lives.
And the media insists on publishing that garbage that Bush doesn't care about blacks. He probably saved more people, and more blacks, than anyone will ever know -- by his personal intervention to get people to evacuate on their own.
I hate to suggest it, but I wouldn't put it past the Democrats and the race baiters to hope for black suffering as ammunition to use against Bush.
Most of us on the Gulf Coast have known for years that New Orleans was below sea-level and sinking more every year. There have been newspaper articles written, graphics drawn, reports made. It was no secret.
It looks like Blanco and whats his name mayor really failed to have a plan.
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No doubt about it now. What they miserably called a "plan" fell apart as the storm came ashore. These typical pathetic liberals should be held accountable by the fools that voted them into office.
So basically we have a President who was willing to humble himself to a mayor to save 100,000 American lives. That shows seriously good character. But it must be infuriating for President Bush to listen the mayor now sounding self righteous.
We need to start a campaign to get the word out that the "President's PERSONAL intervention saved lives."
Publish it on every web site, in every newspaper, on every radio talk program. Saturate the communications with it.
Not only that, but they didn't care about their people. They didn't care that they were sleeping on concrete bridges with no food, water, diapers for the babies....they simply didn't care about anything or anyone but themselves.
I hope when New Orleans and LA. get it put back together, and these people come back to their home land, they run them two out on a rail....
I have seen cattle treated better than the gov and mayor treated these people, and to me, its an outrage!!!!
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