Let me finish that statement: “as to elect Obama”

Hello their Friend, There is nothing that that person posts in regards to Katrina that is of any truth. Not even close to the truth. I have asked them to stop talking about something they know nothing about. Read my reply on pg. 6. It amazes me that they pretend to be so knowledgeable about whetre I live and they know absoulutly nothing about what they are talking about. Except that anything can become a Blessing in Disguise if you personally reach in side and make it so….

Hello Irish Eyes, Gov.did not wait.Fact: Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco declared a State of Emergency for her state on Friday, Aug. 26. Full disclosure: The Post reported last week — erroneously, it turned out — that Louisiana had not issued such a declaration. A correction was published on Sept. 5. Fact: President Bush declared a State of Emergency the next day — the Saturday immediately before Hurricane Katrina hit. Fact: Presidential declarations of emergency are made after a request from “the governor of the impacted state, based on finding that the disaster is of such severity and magnitude that effective response is beyond the ability of the state and affected local jurisdictions.” Fact: Blanco sent a letter dated Aug. 28 to Bush — via the FEMA regional director — requesting that he “declare a major disaster,” and Bush responded by wisely declaring an emergency. There is a very slight difference, funding-wise, between declaring a major disaster and declaring an emergency — the difference is explained here — but both authorize “emergency protective measures.” Fact: A declaration of emergency “unleash[es] the support of any or all of 27 federal agencies. It also authorizes reimbursement of emergency work, such as debris removal and emergency protective measures.” Fact: There is a FEMA program called the National Urban Search and Rescue Response System (US&R) — now part of the Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate (EP&R) of the Department of Homeland Security. According to federal legislation, it “provides specialized lifesaving assistance during major disasters or emergencies that the President declares under the Stafford Act. US&R operational activities include locating, extricating and providing on-site medical treatment to victims trapped in collapsed structures, victims of weapons of mass destruction events, and when assigned, performing incident command or other operational activities.” Fact: In the supplementary information for the National Urban Search and Rescue Response System legislation, it says (I’ve taken out some of the extraneous numbers and some unnecessary phrases for ease of reading, but the meaning is unchanged): Section 303 of the Stafford Act authorizes the President of the United States to form emergency support teams of Federal personnel to be deployed in an area affected by a major disaster or emergency. The President delegated this function to the Director of the FEMA under Executive Order 12148. Under E.O. 13286 of February 28, 2003, the President amended E.O. 12148 to transfer the FEMA Director’s delegated authority to the Secretary of Homeland Security, and under Homeland Security Delegation No. 9100, delegated the Secretary’s authority under Title V of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, which includes the Stafford Act, to the Under Secretary for Emergency Preparedness and Response (EP&R). Fact: The Under Secretary for Emergency Preparedness and Response is Michael Brown. (So, EP&R director — the head of FEMA, the guy the New Orleans Times Picayune said should “especially” be fired — had the authority to dispatch specialized rescue squads right away. Where were they? Why didn’t the president, under whose direction the Department of Homeland Security ultimately falls, insist on getting those teams on the ground — or in the air — as soon as the levees were breached and the flooding began?) Again, that’s without state requests. (This is not to say the the local authorities couldn’t have done more. For starters, they could have taken into account the substantial number of poor Now Orleans residents who wouldn’t have the means to evacuate. But they were right in the middle of it all, their resources overwhelmed, whereas the federal emergency management professionals are likely to have vastly more resources Why do you refer to those that live in this area as, “You People” ? Your tone is so attacking, why? Our Gov. has changed by election since Katrina. Our Gov is now Bobby Jindal. As far as The Mayor of Orleans, that very few people voted on. Their is this idea that New Orleans and it’s surrounding suburbs are all apart of the same city and Parish, that is not the case. Most of Orleans Parish was vacant at the time that the Mayor was reelected. He took absentee Ballots to Houston where most of those that could vote, where staying. Something that very few understand, this is a Population that has in the past had their homes flooded on purpose, to save the Up Town area of the City. As well they have the highest percent of Sickle Cell Disease anywhere, creating a very poor population.