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Richard Hughes:
That one''s a heartbreaker. Thanks for posting it. And here''s a couple for those who like to believe the Bush*&t coming out of Dubya''s mouth. If you will recall, he said he had to wait for a formal request before acting.
Sunday Aug. 28th Letter From LA Governor asking for Bush to Declare an Emergency
Richard: If you will check the FEMA site you will notice that a formal disaste declaration occured shortly after the hurricane hit along the lines of that letter I have not checked it line by line - but the county list (parish list) does seem to match the FEMA area declaration maps. FEMA does not, and never to my knowledge, has declared a disaster area before the disaster.
This letter just set things up so that FEMA could act soon after the hurricane hit. They did.
I believe that the comment Bush made on not being able to act involved the deployment of Military forces to New Orleans. If you will read the extensive postings above you will find that the request for other state National Guard and US Military forces did not come until late Wednesday Morning - and that no other State could deploy their National Guard nor could the US Military could act until the request was made by the State of Louisiana. There are some very fundament legal principals involved.
In fact, Bush''s statement on the issue of Military assistance is true.
Perry