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Originally Posted by davidmash
I found some info in the National Response Plan published in Dec of 2004 that would seem to point to the Feds screwing up. The plan, on page 44 says
Standard procedures regarding requests for assistance
may be expedited or, under extreme circumstances,
suspended in the immediate aftermath of an event of
catastrophic magnitude.
■ Identified Federal response resources will deploy and
begin necessary operations as required to commence
life-safety activities.
■ Notification and full coordination with States will occur,
but the coordination process must not delay or impede
the rapid deployment and use of critical resources.
States are urged to notify and coordinate with local
governments regarding a proactive Federal response.
Notice where it says that under extreem circumstances, procedures may be suspended. So why did the Feds not move in on day one with or with out an invitation.
BTW the link to the entire document can be found at the FEMA www site and just do a search for "national response plan". I think this means someone dropped the ball.
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Nothing like ignoring the facts.....
Like the Governer of LA delayed acting for 24 hours AFTER Bush wanted to step in...
ANd besides...its not a disaster until it happens...
and until it happens its not a federal issue but a local one...
Try pointing yoour fingers at the Governer....a Democrat. or even the Mayor.
Nothing like letting your liberal bias get in the way of what really happened.
To quote Botnst on another thread related to this which I think hits the nail on the head....
Everybody in elected office is playing musical chairs, waiting for teh music to stop. It is premature to definitively assert who'll be left standing. I think (unfortunately) Blanco will be one left standing because of her refusal to federalize relief in advance of the storm and her recalcitrant behavior immediately afterword.
The real culprits are the people of Louisiana and NOLA. Why should we wait for the Corps of Engineers to deal with our problem? Instead of addressing it, we have, for 100 years, increasingly ceded that responsibility to the federal government. The federal government has lost interest in levees and the state is out of the habit of paying its own way.
If science dictated the course of events, the levees would be flattened and the area would return to seasonal flooding. Architecture and transportation would be forced to adapt to the environment rather than vice-versa (and we would follow the same course in Pacific cities concerning earthquakes, too). Instead, we rebuild the same mistakes and blame it on another generation of politicians.