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Skriven 2005-09-21 08:51:29 av Roy Witt (1:1/22)
  Kommentar till text 12405 av Raymond Yates (1:3613/48)
Ärende: Katrina
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21 Sep 05 01:57, Raymond Yates wrote to Roy Witt:



 RW>> 16 Sep 05 22:37, Raymond Yates wrote to Roy Witt:


 RW>>>> 14 Sep 05 18:24, Raymond Yates wrote to Roy Witt:


 RW>>>>>> It's a headline. Usually misleading. There was no mention of
 RW>>>>>> her actually declaring an emergency. You read too much
 RW>>>>>> into headlines when there is nothing of value in what is
 RW>>>>>> written in the article.

 RY>>>>>  GOVERNOR BLANCO DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY

 RW>>>> Can you say; Cover up?

 RY>>> Sure, but it's probably not. It was widely reported on the day in
 RY>>> question. Can't be reported if it didn't happen., no?

 RW>> Yes, it can. And has.

 RY> In this case though t's accurate, but.. iotwas a state emergency, not
 RY> a request for the area to be designated a Federal Disaster Area.. Two
 RY> different thing..

Try telling that to the dummies who read those liberal web sites and
believe them. They still contend that it was a request for federal aid.

 RY>>>>> BATON ROUGE, LA--Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco today
 RY>>>>> issued Proclamation No. 48 KBB 2005, declaring a state of
 RY>>>>> emergency for the state Louisiana as Hurricane Katrina poses an
 RY>>>>> imminent threat, carrying severe storms, high winds, and
 RY>>>>> torrential rain that may cause flooding and damage to private
 RY>>>>> property and public facilities, and threaten the safety and
 RY>>>>> security of the citizens of the state of Louisiana The state of
 RY>>>>> emergency extends from Friday, August 26, 2005, through Sunday,
 RY>>>>> September 25, 2005, unless terminated sooner.

 RW>>>> Today!

 RW>>>> Article Last Updated: 9/15/2005 01:10 AM

 RW>>>>                    Louisiana governor takes blame
 RW>>>>                         By Melinda Deslatte
 RW>>>>                         The Associated Press

 RW>>>> Salt Lake Tribune

 RW>>>> BATON ROUGE, La. - Echoing the words of President Bush a day
 RW>>>> earlier, Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco took responsibility
 RW>>>> Wednesday for failures and missteps in the immediate response to
 RW>>>> Hurricane Katrina and pledged a united effort to rebuild areas
 RW>>>> ravaged by the storm.

 RW>>>> "We all know that there were failures at every level of
 RW>>>> government: state, federal and local. At the state level, we
 RW>>>> must take a careful look at what went wrong and make sure it
 RW>>>> never happens again. The buck stops here, and as your governor,
 RW>>>> I take full responsibility," Blanco told lawmakers in a special
 RW>>>> meeting of the Louisiana Legislature.

 RW>>>> On Tuesday, Bush for the first time took responsibility for
 RW>>>> federal government mistakes in dealing with the hurricane and
 RW>>>> suggested the calamity raised questions about the government's
 RW>>>> ability to handle both natural disasters and terror attacks.

 RW>>>> In today's editions of The New York Times, the former director
 RW>>>> of the Federal Emergency Management Agency criticized Blanco's
 RW>>>> response to the hurricane, describing widespread confusion in
 RW>>>> Louisiana.

 RW>>>> Michael Brown said he made repeated phone calls to the secretary
 RW>>>> of homeland security and the White House warning of the
 RW>>>> problems.

 RW>>>> "I truly believed the White House was not at fault here," said
 RW>>>> Brown, who resigned under fire over the government's sluggish
 RW>>>> response to the disaster.

 RW>>>> Bob Mann, a spokesman for the governor, said Brown's assertions
 RW>>>> were "totally inaccurate," telling the newspaper that everything
 RW>>>> Brown needed "in terms of resources or information from the
 RW>>>> state, he had those available to him."

 RW>>>> Blanco called Bush "a friend and partner" in the recovery
 RW>>>> effort. She described plans for a rebuilding effort that would
 RW>>>> span all levels of government but would be funded with federal
 RW>>>> money.

 RW>>>> The governor said she would appoint an outside financial adviser
 RW>>>> to oversee the cash flow. "I assure the Congress and every
 RW>>>> American taxpayer that every nickel will be properly spent,"
 RW>>>> Blanco said.

 RW>>>> ?The relief effort should include financial help to rebuild
 RW>>>> homes, tax relief and loans for businesses, and an extension of
 RW>>>> unemployment benefits," she said.

 RW>>>> And she appealed to the more than 1 million Louisiana residents
 RW>>>> who have left the state to escape the devastation. "I am telling
 RW>>>> each and every one of you: We want you back home," Blanco said.

 RW>>>> Southeast Louisiana is beginning to recover, Blanco said, citing
 RW>>>> the reopening of the New Orleans airport, banks and hospitals,
 RW>>>> and the first docking of a ship since the hurricane.


 RY>>> At the moment, everyone seems to be CTA...

 RW>> CTA???


 RY> Covering Their...

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