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  • Jeff chief admits disaster plan flawed (Aaron Broussard )

    10/22/2005 5:03:57 AM PDT · by Ellesu · 12 replies · 507+ views
    nola.com ^ | 10/22/05 | Michelle Krupa
    But he still defends worker evacuation: After nearly two months of public vitriol against his decision to evacuate pump operators before Hurricane Katrina, Jefferson Parish President Aaron Broussard has admitted to "flaws" in the parish disaster plan, conceding that workers were sent "too far away" to be able to restart pumps before flooding ruined thousands of homes. In an advertisement financed with parish money and scheduled to be published in Sunday's Times-Picayune, Broussard again says dispatching 1,100 essential employees, including pump workers, to shelters in Washington Parish was the right call as a "potentially catastrophic Category 5 storm" aimed at...