You are 100% wrong. The emergency declaration requested by governor and granted by Bush put FEMA in charge. General Honore has stated several times that the request came to him from the Governor through FEMA as early as Friday, August 26.
>From the Department of Defence web site: "Q General, Jamie McIntyre from CNN. To what extent is this additional assistance you've outlined today a response to a request from the state governors in Louisiana, Mississippi? And if so, can you tell us when specifically you got that request? GEN. HONORÉ: Yes, sir. The process starts, sir, in this particular event, with a request Friday of last week, as the approximate date for defense coordinating offices to be established in Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. Those were established in those states over Friday and Saturday. Q Sir, I'm specifically interested in how soon after the hurricane hit and the extent of the damage became known did the governors request additional assistance above and beyond what they had requested before? GEN. HONORÉ: Sir, that started to happen on Saturday, as the hurricane was approaching, and was executed with the movement of my headquarters on Sunday to Mississippi, where we established a joint -- JTF headquarters here in Mississippi with a forward cell of the 5th United States Army in Louisiana. And on Sunday we established JTF-Katrina, with myself as the task force commander. And since that time, we've continued to flow naval air and Army helicopter support and other assets, as requested by the governor, through FEMA. And that is the process, and you know that works. The governor identified a requirement. It goes to FEMA. That requirement is sent to Northern Command, my boss, Admiral Keating, as parallel to General McNeill at Forces Command. And we have started to flow the forces to your region. Over." Balance of press briefing here: http://www.dod.gov/transcripts/2005/tr20050901-3843.html On 9/8/05, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > That isn't true. The governor must invite the Feds in first. All the state > of emergency does is allow the state to ask the Feds for help, it doesn't > put the Feds in charge. > > There is a rumor out now that Bush's advisors considered invoking the > Insurrection Act in order to take over the relief effort last week when > everything was such a mess. > > It looks like the Governor of Louisiana really screwed the pooch on this > one. If you want to talk about accountability, let's talk about the fact > that the Feds and Mayor Nagin have both basically said they tried to > coordinate with her but she sat on decisions rather than just make a > decision and move forward. She needs to step up and be accountable for her > lack of decisiveness. > > > Yeah, that's a real sharp article there. Blame a mayor and a govenor > > serving > > in 2005 for actions that took place years before they were in office, > > and > > totally ignore the that fact that the state of emergency that was > > declared > > LAST WEEK gave control to the FEDS, and that the levees that were > > finally > > built was reduced in scope because of a FEDERAL cost/benefit ratio > > study. > > > > REPEAT: IT IS NOT ABOUT BLAME., IT IS ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY. > > > > On 9/8/05, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > But the money wasn't being used. > > > > > > http://www.cnsnews.com/news/viewstory. > > asp?Page=%5CNation%5Carchive%5C200509%5CNAT20050907a.html > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:173444 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
