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Posted on 09/09/2005 7:58:33 AM PDT by rit
8/28/05 National Hurricane Center Director Max Mayfield said Saturday afternoon that Hurricane Katrina will be at least a Category 4, with winds of 145 mph when it approaches the New Orleans area, and that it could be a Category 5, with winds of 155 mph or higher.
8/28/05 Superdome will be opened as a refuge of last resort for special needs patients if it becomes necessary. New Orleans residents can call 504-658-2500 for shelter information. People seeking access to a special needs shelter must call in advance to gain admission.
8/28/05 The mayor said he would stick with the state’s evacuation plan and not officially call for residents to leave until 30 hours before expected landfall, allowing residents in low-lying surrounding areas to leave first. But he recommended residents in low-lying areas of the city, such as Algiers and the 9th Ward, get a heard start.
It seems that on 8/28, they were thinking the Superdome would only be used as a SNS, not a public shelter. Then when all heck breaks loose....
Aides to Ms. Blanco said she was prepared to accept the deployment of active-duty military officials in her state. But she and other state officials balked at giving up control of the Guard as Justice Department officials said would have been required by the Insurrection Act if those combat troops were to be sent in before order was restored.
Meanwhile.... American Red Cross officials who wanted to deliver food, water and supplies to New Orleans residents stranded after Hurricane Katrina were turned down last week in the first days after the storm because of security concerns.
Katrina came ashore Monday, and Col. Jay Mayeaux, deputy director of the state Office of Homeland Security, said he asked Red Cross officials not to enter the city when he received the request on Friday, requesting instead that they wait at least 24 hours until security was more stable in the area.
"It was a military operation. We were asked by the military not to go in, and we abided by that request," said Vic Howell, CEO of the Capital Area Chapter of the American Red Cross.
The Red Cross did hand out supplies in many of New Orleans' neighboring, hurricane-ravaged parishes and on Saturday went into New Orleans, according to Howell.
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What is the source of this letter? It seems to be quite different from reality.
Was this letter written today and dated 8/27/2005? I doubt it's authenticity. Did Dan Rather give you this letter?
This letter is an obvious feeble attempt to "CYA" from Governor Blanco. Pure B.S.
In fact, she was quoted elsewhere that "No one told me I had to do that" regarding the request for which type of troops. So this letter makes it sound like she DID know, and failed anyway. She is an incompetent liar, otherwise known as a Democrat.
They also urged the president "respectfully but in the strongest possible terms to tour the devastated area as soon as practical," a visit they said would reassure residents that federal agencies are focused on helping the area recover.
I saw that same letter the other day on the N.O. TP site, too. That site looks like TP articles posted on a daily basis. If there's any B.S., the TP would have to be involved.
But, the bottom line is, New Orleans and LA officials were in charge of evacuation. And they failed. They've had years (and plenty of money from the feds) to finalize evacuation plans for their doomed city. It was their responsibility, and they didn't follow through. And now they're pointing their fingers at everyone else.
I agree.
Their plan was to feed 15,000 people for three days. Before the storm even hit, 26,000 people were already there.
I have determined that this incident is of such severity and magnitude that effective response is beyond the capabilities of the State and affected local governments(read: unprepared), and that supplementary Federal assistance is necessary to save lives, protect property, public health, and safety, or to lessen or avert the threat of a disaster. I am specifically requesting emergency protective measures, direct Federal Assistance, Individual and Household Program (IHP) assistance, Special Needs Program assistance ("because all the Greyhounds are out of town and the Mayor won't lower himself to get on a schoolbus"), and debris removal. (i.e., "clean up when we're done")
.. but...
Aides to Ms. Blanco said she was prepared to accept the deployment of active-duty military officials in her state. But she and other state officials balked at giving up control of the Guard as Justice Department officials said would have been required by the Insurrection Act if those combat troops were to be sent in before order was restored.
TP is a better name for the Times Picayune. Yes the first response is City, then State, then Fed.
The letter is faked to fit their need after all the criticisms of the Bush Administration aren't sticking to them. Read the polls, they indicate that the general public thinks this was strictly ineptness and incompetence on the parts of the mayour of New Orleans and the Governor of Louisiana. They can go back and re-write history in their letter, but we all know what really happened.
The letter from the two Senators has nothing to do with the failure of the Governor to act. It is apparent that elected officials in Louisiana are void of any brain matter.
This is the story in a nutshell.
I had asked about this the other day, as this looks like the letter Bush prepared and asked her to sign, which she had not by Thursday of last week. Now, she has it posted on her web site and back dated to August 27th, and I am really hoping someone can nail her in this deception.
What exactly was requested in this Enclosure A?
Why don't you point it out to a few people in the media?
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