The FEMA needed local permission BULL is blown away by their own rules

[papau]

The December 2004 National Response Plan (NRP), the federal Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) most recent plan for coordinated federal response to disasters http://mediamatters.org/rd?http://www.dhs.gov/interweb/assetlibrary/NRP_FullText.pdf , confirms the Red Cross' status as a "primary agency" http://mediamatters.org/items/200509090002#establishes
that will, under the oversight of FEMA and DHS, coordinate "federal mass care resources" to affected areas. Moreover, in a "catastrophic event," such as what befell New Orleans, the NRP directs FEMA http://mediamatters.org/items/200509090002#directs
to act on its own authority to quickly provide assistance and conduct emergency operations, bypassing state and local authorities if necessary.

[Tesla]

1. So if a nuke hits a city, the Mayor has to be the only one

to call FEMA for help?????
Hope they can make a call.....

[papau]

2. True - if you believe Bush/Admin or Fox or Knight-Rider media today

I do love our media.

:-(

[flpoljunkie]

3. Thanks, cause you sure as hell aren't hearing this anywhere in the media.

Today is the full court press on CNN to blame Blanco. They've already shown the same interview with Miles O'Brien pressing Blanco, "Now when exactly did you ask for the 40,000 troops?"

The question to ask is: Why did FEMA wait until Thursday, September 1st, to ask Norm MIneta, the Secretary of Transportation, to get 455 buses to the Superdome on Friday, September 2nd--the day Dubya arrived for his photo-op.

This is what is criminally negligent--to let people suffer and die when the New Orleans Picayune points out in their open letter to the President that the Crescent City Connection Bridge was never closed, was being used by the media to come and go to the Superdome.

http://www.nola.com/newslogs/tporleans/index.ssf?/mtlogs/nola_tporleans/archives/2005_09_04.html#076771

Despite the city’s multiple points of entry, our nation’s bureaucrats spent days after last week’s hurricane wringing their hands, lamenting the fact that they could neither rescue the city’s stranded victims nor bring them food, water and medical supplies.

Meanwhile there were journalists, including some who work for The Times-Picayune, going in and out of the city via the Crescent City Connection. On Thursday morning, that crew saw a caravan of 13 Wal-Mart tractor trailers headed into town to bring food, water and supplies to a dying city.

Television reporters were doing live reports from downtown New Orleans streets. Harry Connick Jr. brought in some aid Thursday, and his efforts were the focus of a "Today" show story Friday morning.

Yet, the people trained to protect our nation, the people whose job it is to quickly bring in aid were absent. Those who should have been deploying troops were singing a sad song about how our city was impossible to reach.

Gooogle map showing Crescent City Bridge, downtown New Orleans, and the Superdome.

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Crescent+City+Connection+Bridge,+New+Orleans&spn=0.034900,0.063030&num=10&start=0&hl=en

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Please send your post out to the clueless media.

[papau]

4. We need more than my sending the above to the clueless media! -but

I will of course.


It would help if a few other DUers also would email our media friends

:toast:

:-)

[Divernan]

5. You're right -the only permission FEMA needed was Chertoff/Bush

FEMA teams from every region in the country were ready to head for NOLA and the Gulf Coast before the hurricane made landfall. But they were forced to wait for a green light from DHS/Bush.

[papau]

6. I wonder when the media will report that fact --- sigh ....

:-(

[Divernan]

7. If there is an INDEPENDENT investigation, & people are subpoenaed

to testify. Because if FEMA people talk to the media about this and can be identified as the source, they will lose their jobs.

[AllegroRondo]

8. "Its like requiring a heart attack victim to specifically request CPR"

heard on the news this morning.