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Skriven 2005-09-21 01:57:42 av Raymond Yates (1:3613/48)
  Kommentar till text 12371 av Roy Witt (1:1/22)
Ärende: Katrina
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 RW> 16 Sep 05 22:37, Raymond Yates wrote to Roy Witt:


 RW>>> 14 Sep 05 18:24, Raymond Yates wrote to Roy Witt:


 RW>>>>> It's a headline. Usually misleading. There was no mention of
 RW>>>>> her actually declaring an emergency. You read too much
 RW>>>>> into headlines when there is nothing of value in what is
 RW>>>>> written in the article.

 RY>>>>  GOVERNOR BLANCO DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY

 RW>>> Can you say; Cover up?

 RY>> Sure, but it's probably not. It was widely reported on the day in
 RY>> question. Can't be reported if it didn't happen., no?

 RW> Yes, it can. And has.

In this case though t's accurate, but.. iotwas a state emergency, not a
request for the area to be designated a Federal Disaster Area.. Two different
thing..


 RY>>>> BATON ROUGE, LA--Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco today
 RY>>>> issued Proclamation No. 48 KBB 2005, declaring a state of
 RY>>>> emergency for the state Louisiana as Hurricane Katrina poses an
 RY>>>> imminent threat, carrying severe storms, high winds, and
 RY>>>> torrential rain that may cause flooding and damage to private
 RY>>>> property and public facilities, and threaten the safety and
 RY>>>> security of the citizens of the state of Louisiana The state of
 RY>>>> emergency extends from Friday, August 26, 2005, through Sunday,
 RY>>>> September 25, 2005, unless terminated sooner.

 RW>>> Today!

 RW>>> Article Last Updated: 9/15/2005 01:10 AM

 RW>>>                    Louisiana governor takes blame
 RW>>>                         By Melinda Deslatte
 RW>>>                         The Associated Press

 RW>>> Salt Lake Tribune

 RW>>> BATON ROUGE, La. - Echoing the words of President Bush a day
 RW>>> earlier, Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco took responsibility
 RW>>> Wednesday for failures and missteps in the immediate response to
 RW>>> Hurricane Katrina and pledged a united effort to rebuild areas
 RW>>> ravaged by the storm.

 RW>>> "We all know that there were failures at every level of
 RW>>> government: state, federal and local. At the state level, we
 RW>>> must take a careful look at what went wrong and make sure it
 RW>>> never happens again. The buck stops here, and as your governor,
 RW>>> I take full responsibility," Blanco told lawmakers in a special
 RW>>> meeting of the Louisiana Legislature.

 RW>>> On Tuesday, Bush for the first time took responsibility for
 RW>>> federal government mistakes in dealing with the hurricane and
 RW>>> suggested the calamity raised questions about the government's
 RW>>> ability to handle both natural disasters and terror attacks.

 RW>>> In today's editions of The New York Times, the former director
 RW>>> of the Federal Emergency Management Agency criticized Blanco's
 RW>>> response to the hurricane, describing widespread confusion in
 RW>>> Louisiana.

 RW>>> Michael Brown said he made repeated phone calls to the secretary
 RW>>> of homeland security and the White House warning of the
 RW>>> problems.

 RW>>> "I truly believed the White House was not at fault here," said
 RW>>> Brown, who resigned under fire over the government's sluggish
 RW>>> response to the disaster.

 RW>>> Bob Mann, a spokesman for the governor, said Brown's assertions
 RW>>> were "totally inaccurate," telling the newspaper that everything
 RW>>> Brown needed "in terms of resources or information from the
 RW>>> state, he had those available to him."

 RW>>> Blanco called Bush "a friend and partner" in the recovery
 RW>>> effort. She described plans for a rebuilding effort that would
 RW>>> span all levels of government but would be funded with federal
 RW>>> money.

 RW>>> The governor said she would appoint an outside financial adviser
 RW>>> to oversee the cash flow. "I assure the Congress and every
 RW>>> American taxpayer that every nickel will be properly spent,"
 RW>>> Blanco said.

 RW>>> ?The relief effort should include financial help to rebuild
 RW>>> homes, tax relief and loans for businesses, and an extension of
 RW>>> unemployment benefits," she said.

 RW>>> And she appealed to the more than 1 million Louisiana residents
 RW>>> who have left the state to escape the devastation. "I am telling
 RW>>> each and every one of you: We want you back home," Blanco said.

 RW>>> Southeast Louisiana is beginning to recover, Blanco said, citing
 RW>>> the reopening of the New Orleans airport, banks and hospitals,
 RW>>> and the first docking of a ship since the hurricane.


 RY>> At the moment, everyone seems to be CTA...

 RW> CTA???


Covering Their...

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