Louisiana Officials Could Lose the Blame Game

True, but there's also plenty of blaming of a person for a mountain when the situation was a molehill. The FEMA director could have done better. However, I don't think he should be fired. Bush sould have done better, but I think he did reasonably. The Governor of Louisiana and Mayor of New Orleans most definitely could have done things differently. But they did not do things poorly.

 

I think he should be, and FEMA dismantled.

FEMA's blocking relief effort:

http://rense.com/general67/femwont.htm

 

Bush orders FEMA to protect Upsidedownland

http://www.bobharris.com/content/view/637/1/

 

FEMA trains fire crews to handout fliers:

http://www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_3004197

 

TCassidy:

"(Also, why does almost all the TV footage show cars on the streets and in parking lots and in driveways? If there was no way to evacuate, why are all those cars there?)"

That is an EXCELLANT point. I wish that I could have come up with something like that, but I never thought about. Thanks! Good job!!

 

The author did his homework, you did not do yours.

Evacuation orders were given for the coastal counties in LA and MI before the storm struck, coastal LA counties were not declared emergency zones or were they included in the Declaration of Emergency Aug 26. The LA coastal counties were included in the declared Federal Disaster Assitance after the storm but not in the Declaration of Emergency that preceded it.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/08/20050829-2.html


Statement on Federal Disaster Assistance for Louisiana

The President today declared a major disaster exists in the State of Louisiana and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area struck by Hurricane Katrina beginning on August 29, 2005, and continuing.

The President's action makes Federal funding available to affected individuals in the parishes of Acadia, Ascension, Assumption, Calcasieu, Cameron, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberia, Iberville, Jefferson, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Lafourche, Livingston, Orleans, Plaquemines, Pointe Coupee, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. Helena, St. James, St. John, St. Mary, St. Martin, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Terrebonne, Vermilion, Washington, West Baton Rouge, and West Feliciana. Assistance can include grants for temporary housing and home repairs, low-cost loans to cover uninsured property losses, and other programs to help individuals and business owners recover from the effects of the disaster.

Federal funding is available to State and eligible local government in the parishes of Acadia, Ascension, Assumption, Calcasieu, Cameron, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberia, Iberville, Jefferson, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Lafourche, Livingston, Orleans, Plaquemines, Pointe Coupee, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. Helena, St. James, St. John, St. Mary, St. Martin, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Terrebonne, Vermilion, Washington, West Baton Rouge, and West Feliciana for debris removal and emergency protective measures, including direct Federal assistance.

Federal funding also is available to State and eligible local governments in the parishes of Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Catahoula, Claiborne, Concordia, Desoto, East Carroll, Evangeline, Franklin, Grant, Jackson, LaSalle, Lincoln, Madison, Morehouse, Natchitoches, Ouachita, Rapides, Red River, Richland, Sabine, St. Landry, Tensas, Union, Vernon, Webster, West Carroll, and Winn for emergency protective measures, including direct Federal assistance.

For a period of up to 72 hours, Federal funding is available at 100 percent of the total eligible costs for emergency protective measures, including direct Federal assistance. The period of up to 72 hours at 100 percent excludes debris removal.

Federal funding is also available on a cost-sharing basis for hazard mitigation measures in St. Mary, St. Tammany and Ouachita Parishes.

Representing the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Michael D. Brown, Under Secretary for Emergency Preparedness and Response, Department of Homeland Security, named William Lokey as the Federal Coordinating Officer for Federal recovery operations in the affected area.

The Agency said that damage surveys are continuing in other areas and more counties and additional forms of assistance may be designated after the assessments are fully completed in the affected areas.

The Agency said that those who sustained losses in the counties designated for aid to affected individuals and business owners can begin applying for assistance tomorrow by registering online at http://www.fema.gov or by calling 1-800-621-FEMA (3362) or 1-800-462-7585 (TTY) for the hearing and speech impaired. The toll-free telephone numbers will operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week until further notice.

 

Well, now there will be those that say that they were too poor for gas.<sigh>

 

I know from experience that all to many in hurricane effected areas do tend to have that attitude. Or it won't be that bad. I do think this season might have changed some minds.

I live on the coast and if something happened to my home/things, I shoudn't be surprised or when it happens try to find someone to blame and put my life back together. Or make it better than it was. It was MY choice to live here. I don't feel the tax payers in other states should try to make me whole. That is what I have insurance for. And if I couldn't afford insurance to help myself out, I should find another place to live.

LIVING ON THE GULF OR THE COAST WILL MOST LIKELY MEAN DEALING WITH A HURRICANE!!!!!! If that will be a problem for you, move. There is a big country out there.

People need to take PERSONAL responsibility for themselves and quit waiting for the world, which many think owns them, to fix their problem.

I think I am on a rampage tonight. Maybe too much caffiene. LOL

 

I was incorrect on the date of the Declaration of Emergency, it was the 27th not the 26th. The coastal counties are not included.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/08/20050827-1.html

TCassidy, post a government Declaration of Emergency for the coastal counties on the 26th.

 

The state of emergency issued 8-26 by Gov. Kathleen Blanco is available in the following Katrina timeline. The Federal government did not declare one for the coastal counties.


http://www.thinkprogress.org/katrina-timeline

 

How do you know most of it is fake if you don't read it?