My sole point is for those who believe, or advocate, that the Federal response was constrained by the lack of a state request. The NRP shows about as clearly as it can that, in catastrophic circumstances, a state request is not a prerequisite to Federal action.
And I am trying to debate this with you, because we all are going to be hearing about the NRP in the days to come. And not every event will rise to the activation of the NRP. Our discussion holds valuable lessons, such as activation of the NRP in the immediate aftermath of an event of national significance.
Yes, you are correct it was Tuesday and that would have followed the decision making process described in my previous post. The hurricane alone did not require the activation of the NRP, although Bush did declare disaster assistance 2 days before hurricane landfall. I remember the press touting the exceptional declarations as having never been done before. As it appears to me, the Feds./Bush followed the NRP.