Emergency Declarations: Blanco vs. Bush

[BayouBengal07]

Did you know that, after Governor Blanco expressly requested from the Bush Administration, prior to Katrina, a declaration of emergency covering Louisiana parishes "including the New Orleans Metropolitan area," when the declaration was issued it included numerous parishes EXCEPT Orleans, Jefferson, Plaquemines, St. Tammany, St. Bernard, St. Charles and St. John the Baptist--i.e., THE ENTIRE 7-PARISH NEW ORLEANS METROPOLITAN AREA? WHAT WAS THE OVAL OFFICE UP TO?


See Governor Blanco's statement (from http://www.ranchers.net/forum/about4309.html):

"Governor Blanco asks President to Declare an Emergency for the State of Louisiana due to Hurricane Katrina

BATON ROUGE—Today Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco forwarded a letter to President Bush requesting that he declare an emergency for the State of Louisiana due to Hurricane Katrina. The full text of the letter follows:

August 27, 2005

The President
The White House
Washington, D. C.

Through:
Regional Director
FEMA Region VI
800 North Loop 288
Denton, Texas 76209

Dear Mr. President:

Under the provisions of Section 501 (a) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 5121-5206 (Stafford Act), and implemented by 44 CFR § 206.35, I request that you declare an emergency for the State of Louisiana due to Hurricane Katrina for the time period beginning August 26, 2005, and continuing. The affected areas are all the southeastern parishes including the New Orleans Metropolitan area and the mid state Interstate I-49 corridor and northern parishes along the I-20 corridor that are accepting the thousands of citizens evacuating from the areas expecting to be flooded as a result of Hurricane Katrina...."

THEN, see President Bush's declaration of emergency (from
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/08/20050827-1.html ):

For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
August 27, 2005

Statement on Federal Emergency Assistance for Louisiana


The President today declared an emergency exists in the State of Louisiana and ordered Federal aid to supplement state and local response efforts in the parishes located in the path of Hurricane Katrina beginning on August 26, 2005, and continuing.

The President's action authorizes the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to coordinate all disaster relief efforts which have the purpose of alleviating the hardship and suffering caused by the emergency on the local population, and to provide appropriate assistance for required emergency measures, authorized under Title V of the Stafford Act, to save lives, protect property and public health and safety, or to lessen or avert the threat of a catastrophe in the parishes of Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Claiborne, Catahoula, Concordia, De Soto, East Baton Rouge, East Carroll, East Feliciana, Evangeline, Franklin, Grant, Jackson, LaSalle, Lincoln, Livingston, Madison, Morehouse, Natchitoches, Pointe Coupee, Ouachita, Rapides, Red River, Richland, Sabine, St. Helena, St. Landry, Tensas, Union, Vernon, Webster, West Carroll, West Feliciana, and Winn.

Specifically, FEMA is authorized to identify, mobilize, and provide at its discretion, equipment and resources necessary to alleviate the impacts of the emergency. Debris removal and emergency protective measures, including direct Federal assistance, will be provided at 75 percent Federal funding.

Representing 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: FEMA [phone].

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(Credit to my dad for this!)

[DRoseDARs]

1. Actually, this discrepency has been noted before, but good on your dad for

...seeing it too. :thumbsup:

[BayouBengal07]

2. Is there a link

to the other discussion?

[DRoseDARs]

4. I'm not sure if I bookmarked one of the threads, sorry. I'll look later.

:(

[Nictuku]

3. Brown Committed Perjury

Brown committed perjury when he testified, it was on C-SPAN. He was asked why the President's order did not include Orleans and 2 other Parish's. He LIED, right there, saying that the President responded to what the Governors asked for, shifting the (unfounded) blame back on to Bianco.

But since that hearing was run by Republicans, there was no follow up.

And since the Media is Corporate Controlled, there were no Journalists reporting on the fact that Brown committed purge ry.

I was following this closely as it was unfolding, and noticed myself when looking at the official documents, that Orleans Parish was not included on the Presidential order.

[BayouBengal07]

5. my dad said

In "conspiracy mode," that perhaps they were left off so that Blanco would have to ask Bush to add them, so the blame could be shifted to her.

[ZigSteenine]

6. Was he

referring to this declaration?

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

This one appears to be the response to Blanco's request and gives her all that she asked for including metro Orleans.