Well, to begin with, the Governor, after the mayor, is the first person responsible to prepare for a disaster and to act appropriately after a
disaster such as Katrina. Another reason why the Governor of LA might carry a good deal of culpability is the fact that the President did tell the
Governor to issue an evacuation order more than 48 hrs. before Katrina hit. To the Governors defense, I should add that a number of evacuation orders
had been issued for previous Hurricanes but these never proved to be Hurricanes that were terribly destructive. In a sense, the governor gambled that
Katrina would bypass N.O. as had previous storms. Unfortunately, she gambled and lost.
Ok could someone please explain to me why the governor of Louisiana is supposed to be at fault, page 1
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reply posted on 22-9-2005 @ 11:43 PM by goose
Read the entire article below please and then tell me why she is to blame. I do not understand if this is true why she can be blamed.. excerpt of
article below the link.
www.cnn.com...
Beginning the previous Friday, when the forecasts still had it that the hurricane was more likely to hit the Florida Panhandle, the Governor had followed her responsibilities under the state's disaster plan to the letter. She proclaimed a state of emergency; put the National Guard on alert; arranged to have traffic patterns on outgoing roadways reconfigured; made sure the parishes that were not at risk would have shelters and supplies for people from the ones that were.
The day the storm hit, she asked President Bush for "everything you've got." But almost nothing arrived, and she couldn't wait any longer. So she called the White House and demanded to speak to the President. George Bush could not be located, two Louisiana officials told Time, so she asked for chief of staff Andrew Card, who was also unavailable.
Finally, after being passed to another office or two, she left a message with DHS adviser Frances Frago Townsend. She waited hours but had to make another call herself before she finally got Bush on the line. "Help is on the way," he told her
www.cnn.com...
Beginning the previous Friday, when the forecasts still had it that the hurricane was more likely to hit the Florida Panhandle, the Governor had followed her responsibilities under the state's disaster plan to the letter. She proclaimed a state of emergency; put the National Guard on alert; arranged to have traffic patterns on outgoing roadways reconfigured; made sure the parishes that were not at risk would have shelters and supplies for people from the ones that were.
The day the storm hit, she asked President Bush for "everything you've got." But almost nothing arrived, and she couldn't wait any longer. So she called the White House and demanded to speak to the President. George Bush could not be located, two Louisiana officials told Time, so she asked for chief of staff Andrew Card, who was also unavailable.
Finally, after being passed to another office or two, she left a message with DHS adviser Frances Frago Townsend. She waited hours but had to make another call herself before she finally got Bush on the line. "Help is on the way," he told her
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