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Skriven 2005-09-07 17:53:22 av BOB SAKOWSKI (1:123/140)
Ärende: Katrina timeline
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Compliments, Larry Johnson.

TIMELINE

Friday, 26 August 2005, Governor of Louisiana declares state of emergency

Saturday morning, 27 August 2005, Governor of Louisiana asks President Bush
to declare a state of emergency and requests Federal Assistance "to save
lives and property". Note, the letter was published on 27 August 2005 on
Lexis Nexis but was dated 28 August 2005. Bush received the letter on Saturday
and responded on the same day by declaring a State of Emergency. Note, per the
NRP, William Lokey was designated as the Federal Coordinating Officer for
Federal recovery operations in Louisiana.

Sunday, 28 August 2005, Mayor of New Orleans orders Mandatory Evacuation.

(Note: In Governor Blanco's request on the 27th, there is a specific
request for help with evacuation and a specific request for help to "save
lives and protect property". )

Monday, 29 August 2005, FEMA Director Brown requests DHS Secretary
Chertoff's help in getting 1000 DHS employees ready to deploy to the
disaster within 48 hours.

Under the National Response Plane (see p. 93, Figure 11), once the
President declares a State of Emergency the Department of Homeland Security
is supposed to implement the Plan. Initially, DHS is supposed to deploy an
Emergency Response Team to the State to provide expertise in assessing
needs and determining appropriate courses of action. Moreover, on p. 52 of
the NRP the President may act proactively under the Stafford Act.

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BTW, how about the DHS & FEMA barring the press from photographing, or
otherwise displaying, any bodies in NOLA.  Seems like they wish to hide the
extent of human loss much in the manner as they have done in Iraq.

Worthless bastards.

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