Dr. Max Mayfield, NHC, had conference call with Bush on Sunday re Katrina!

[flpoljunkie]

Talkingpointsmemo alerted by reader BP to the article from the St. Pete Times below.

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/week_2005_09_04.php#006437

I had heard it suggested by a knowledgable source that a White House representative was listening in when National Hurricane Center Chief Max Mayfield gave that briefing to Brown and Chertoff before Katrina hit.

But according to this August 30th article in the St. Petersburg Times, on Sunday the 28th, Mayfield arranged a video conference call with President Bush himself at the Crawford Ranch during which he explained the hurricane's force and destructive potential.

Perhaps this is common knowledge. But I hadn't heard it before. And it would seem to leave little question that the president himself knew the critical information from Mayfield before Katrina even made landfall.

http://www.sptimes.com/2005/08/30/State/For_forecasting_chief.shtml

On Saturday night, Mayfield was so worried about Hurricane Katrina that he called the governors of Louisiana and Mississippi and the mayor of New Orleans. On Sunday, he even talked about the force of Katrina during a video conference call to President Bush at his ranch in Crawford, Texas.

"I just wanted to be able to go to sleep that night knowing that I did all I could do," Mayfield said.

[Botany]

1. this puts the mess right in *'s lap

:grr:

[loudsue]

2. Busted! This needs to stay kicked....

:kick::kick::kick:

[mzteris]

3. kick n/t

[flpoljunkie]

4. And here's the proof from the White House website!

President George W. Bush is handed a map by Deputy Chief of Staff Joe Hagin, center, during a video teleconference with federal and state emergency management organizations on Hurricane Katrina from his Crawford, Texas ranch on Sunday August 28, 2005. White House photo by Paul Morse

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/08/images/20050828-1_p082805pm-0101-515h.html

(The man featured in the video teleconference is none other than Dr. Max Mayfield, and the White House lists the date as Sunday, August, 28th, the day before Katrina hit.)

[Stinky The Clown]

7. Notice the 'magic' telephones

Do you see any wires connecting those wired-type phones to a wall jack?

Faith-based communications system .... ?

[flpoljunkie]

8. Very good, Sparkly! Reckon they think it makes him look "plugged in" to

have the "faith-based" uberphone at his side.

[tsuki]

5. I believe it was Rep. Tim Ryan who made this point on the floor of

the house last night. And the July, 2004 "war game," Hurricane Pam.

[flpoljunkie]

6. Let's hope he's not the last Democrat to make this point.