Because the governor was SUPPOSED to coordinate not only the LA National Guard, but the NG units from other states, as well as coordinate the out of state police and rescue units and the instate police and rescue units.
She didn't coordinate anything. Her entire effort was a shambles. There were Guard and outside police units in place ready to go in to NO late Tuesday, but she never pulled the trigger and sent them in. She probably needed 24 hours to think about it. On 9/7/05, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > well, on re-re-reading, it seems the option was to let the feds command the > National Guard. Is this usual in such a disaster? Why did the president even > care who was commanding them? I find this confusing, actually. The president > has his own troops... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:173182 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
