Posted on 09/13/2008 5:50:14 PM PDT by snugs
The President in addition to his normal radio address participated in a video teleconference briefing on Hurricane Ike and then made a statement to the press concerning Hurricane Ike.
He has also declared a major disaster exists in the State of Louisiana and Texas allowing them to get additional Federal funding.
Click here for the text of the radio message.
Pray for President Bush - Day - 2922 & McCain/Palin - Day - 16
Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island
Wow...thanks for sharing nma
THANKS SOOOO MUCH FOR SUCH AN OUTSTANDING DOSE!!! That had to take a long time and a lot of effort to post. Beautiful job, snugs!
Add to that, we have an election coming up that will have a major impact on the safety of our nation. It's fitting that we are reminded of how important are national security and policy.
Very soul stirring NMA. We can only try to imagine the horror of being there on that day.
Thank you for your effort, organization and wonderful presentation snugs. Fabulous.
God love you both. I’m so sorry for the horror we all had to endure, but your family so especially close to it all.
Excellent photo compilation, snugs. I just noticed that in 2002, the President’s hair was still mostly a sandy brown. Beginning in 2003, after we’d gone into Iraq, his hair is beginning to gray, and this year, it’s almost all gray. He’s had a lot on his mind and heart over these last 5 years, and I pray he has much peace, and lots of time to enjoy Laura, the girls and some grandbabies, once he leaves office.
I am teary all over again looking at the pictures you posted. Thank you so much for all the work you did in putting together such a great remembrance section for all of us. I love that photo of your beloved Cheney in the plane---I don't recall seeing that one before. Lovely to see PM Thatcher as well. What a lady!
Thank you again. Hope all is well.
Amazing Dose, snugs. Thank you for all your hard work.
The pictures show the changes in him since that Sept day and are quite telling. The burdens of his office are so heavy. I keep thanking God that His strength keeps our W strong and able to lead our great nation.
Thank you for the special weekend Dose, Snugs :) You did a great job!
Dose going up please wait for the all clear before posting or reposting your photos or graphics
Snugs, we’re not getting FR over here. But, here’s a beta address which worked fine for me:
http://beta.freerepublic.com/perl/post?id=2081887,51
I hope that people who finally get on will copy the above address for future FR downtime.
The beta address I listed above took me right back to Snug’s intro. But I couldn’t get to any other place on FR. So, CORRECTION coming up. The following URL will get you into FR itself and you can navigate from there:
http://beta.freerepublic.com/tag/news-forum/index?tab=comments
FINALLY!!!!!!! Not the dose but freerupublic is back!!!!!!!!!!
Hi, Snugs! Hope you are doing well. Thanks for the Sunday evening call to Sanity Island.
My brother called and left me a message. He went to see how his home survived and he had NO DAMAGE! I couldn’t believe it, and I am sure he was SO relieved! They still can’t go home because there is no power, but he doesn’t have to worry any more. He did see lots of damage elsewhere, though.
It’s going to be weeks before everyone has power back. My preacher was trying to get his sister, who lives about 1 hour north of Houston, a portable generator...there just aren’t any! They have all been allocated for the devastated area.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
President Bush Receives Update on Hurricane Ike
Roosevelt Room
7:50 A.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Well, thanks to you members of the administration for coming in this Sunday morning to discuss Hurricane Ike. I was on the phone to -- with Secretary Chertoff before coming into this meeting. The Secretary went down yesterday; he gave me a briefing from Austin. He'll be heading into Houston. This is all part of our efforts to help Texas and Louisiana with a focused, effective recovery effort.
Administrator Paulison briefed us on how we're doing on our priorities. First priority is search and rescue. And I want to thank the people at the federal and state levels for working so hard to rescue our fellow citizens from harm's way. Rescue efforts continue on as we speak.
I do urge people in the affected areas to listen closely to local authorities before they attempt to get back home. There are people now surveying damage and people reporting in to the state as to the conditions there in the different communities. And it's very important for citizens, who I know are anxious to get home, to take your time and listen, and take the advice of the local folks.
Our priorities, along with the state and local folks, is to make sure electricity gets up as quickly as possible. Secretary Bodman gave us a briefing on the outages. Interestingly enough, some electricity is already being restored to Houston, I'm told. And I do want to thank the utility companies for working hard to get electricity up. And to the extent that you need help stringing lines, I'm confident other utility companies from around the country will help provide manpower.
Secretary Chertoff and David Paulison tell me that the federal government will be providing 1.5 million liters of water a day and 1 million meals a day to help the people who have been displaced. That'll of course be coordinated with Governor Perry's office and the state of Texas, as well as the Mayor's.
One of the things that's very important for the city of Houston and the other cities is to get the water up and running, the sewage plants running. And that'll be a priority of ours to help them. And finally, debris removal. It's very important that our Corps of Engineer, working with local officials, implements a coordinated debris removal plan.
And so that's what we discussed this morning. This is a tough storm, and it's one that is going to be -- it's going to require time for people to recover.
As well, the Secretary of Energy briefed us on, you know, preliminary reports on gasoline production, pipeline distribution, and it's a little early to fully assess where we stand, although I can say that, you know, one of the plant -- one of the pipelines coming out of the Gulf Coast area is running -- the Plantation pipeline, and we are watching very carefully as to when the Colonial pipeline can get up and running.
And in the meantime, as I mentioned yesterday, in coordination with the Department of Energy, we suspended -- and the EPA -- we suspended reformulated gasoline rules so to make it easier to import gasoline from abroad so as to take pressure off of our consumers.
And I repeat what I said yesterday: that the federal government, along with state governments, will be monitoring very carefully as to whether or not consumers are being mistreated at the pump -- in other words, gouged. It's very important for our fellow citizens during the period of temporary disruption to be treated fairly.
And so I'm considering -- have considered my plans over the weekend and I will be going down to Texas on Tuesday to express the federal government's support -- sympathy on the one hand and support on the other to -- for this recovery effort and rebuilding effort. Thank you very much.
END 7:54 A.M. EDT
PHOTOS OF THE DAY
President George W. Bush is joined by Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman, left, and FEMA Administrator David Paulison, right, as he speaks to the press from the Roosevelt Room following a briefing on the latest developments concerning Hurricane Ike, Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008. White House photo by Chris Greenberg
President George W. Bush is joined by Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman, (third from left), FEMA Administrator David Paulison, (second from right), and Deputy Secretary for the Department of Homeland Security Paul Schneider, right, as he speaks to the press from the Roosevelt Room following a briefing on the latest developments concerning Hurricane Ike, Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008. White House photo by Chris Greenberg
I am doing OK I tried posting the dose but FR kept going down so finally I decided to have a couple of hours nap and then try again, it seems to be back but very slow but I will try to get the photos up.
whatever the new format is on FR, ummm, I don’t care for it.
I am doing OK I tried posting the dose but FR kept going down so finally I decided to have a couple of hours nap and then try again, it seems to be back but very slow but I will try to get the photos up.
President Bush speaks from the Roosevelt Room of the White House following a morning briefing on the latest developments with Hurircane Ike, Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008
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