Did bush actually declare a state of emergency for NOLA?

[Gunit_Sangh]

This may have been posted already, but on Crooks & Liars, they have a link to a website that colored the parishes included in *'s disaster declaration. It appears that the coastal parishes were NOT included.



Picking up on a thought bouncing around back at TMW after a Chris Floyd post, I thought I'd find out for myself exactly which Louisiana parishes were and were not included in George W. Bush's declaration of emergency effective August 26th, which you can also reach by clicking the map itself.

I checked the parish map against the White House's own press release, posted on their own site. I have tried to figure out how this is my own mistake, but I can't find it. And the results are frankly so bizarre I had to make the graphic in order to properly show you.

Welcome to upside-down-land: the areas at risk for Katrina were quite remarkably the areas not included in Bush's declaration of emergency.


Link:
http://www.bobharris.com/content/view/637/1/

[Roland99]

1. What the...?!?!?

[Waya]

2. Timeline.....

Friday, August 26
GOV. KATHLEEN BLANCO DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY IN LOUISIANA:

GULF COAST STATES REQUEST TROOP ASSISTANCE FROM PENTAGON: At a 9/1 press conference, Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré, commander, Joint Task Force Katrina, said that the Gulf States began the process of requesting additional forces on Friday, 8/26.

Saturday, August 27
5AM — KATRINA UPGRADED TO CATEGORY 3 HURRICANE

GOV. BLANCO ASKS BUSH TO DECLARE FEDERAL STATE OF EMERGENCY IN LOUISIANA: “I have determined that this incident is of such severity and magnitude that effective response is beyond the capabilities of the State and affected local governments, and that supplementary Federal assistance is necessary to save lives, protect property, public health, and safety, or to lessen or avert the threat of a disaster.”

FEDERAL EMERGENCY DECLARED, DHS AND FEMA GIVEN FULL AUTHORITY TO RESPOND TO KATRINA: “Specifically, FEMA is authorized to identify, mobilize, and provide at its discretion, equipment and resources necessary to alleviate the impacts of the emergency.”

Yea, Bush did. He can't say now that he didn't say that.....Bastard

[Mass]

3. I think the point was that the coastal parishes are not mentionned in the

Emergency Act.

[Tesibria]

4. I asked the same question -

Horse with no Name explained it well:

The President's action authorizes the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to coordinate all disaster relief efforts which have the purpose of alleviating the hardship and suffering caused by the emergency on the local population and to provide appropriate assistance for required emergency measures, authorized under Title V of the Stafford Act, to save lives, protect property and public health and safety, talking about the area that is directly hit
or to lessen or avert the threat of a catastrophe in the parishes of Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Claiborne, Catahoula, Concordia, De Soto, East Baton Rouge, East Carroll, East Feliciana, Evangeline, Franklin, Grant, Jackson, LaSalle, Lincoln, Livingston, Madison, Morehouse, Natchitoches, Pointe Coupee, Ouachita, Rapides, Red River, Richland, Sabine, St. Helena, St. Landry, Tensas, Union, Vernon, Webster, West Carroll, West Feliciana, and Winn.
Talking about the secondarily affected counties.

See http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4670207

[Mass]

5. Thanks, that makes it clear.

[Roland99]

6. You're breaking up a series of clauses to inject a summary

It doesn't read that way.

[peacetalksforall]

7. I don't think I'm getting it. This appears to be a masterpiece of

a foul trick or total stupidity?

Which is right?

1. Declaration declared on non-water bordering parishes?
or

2. Declaration declared on water bordering parishes, BUT not to exclude northern non-water bordering parishes which were specifically named while the water bordering parishes were not.

This entire issue is very important because the right wing is lying s on public air waves and the internet.

Is this how a Party creates fodder for their lies to disgrace individuals and to insult 60-70% of the people of the U.S.?

Are we talking a cunning lie or a stupid piece of writing that is now allowing lies to run rampant throughout the country?

Either the Dem or Repub leaders must step up and stop the lie about the declaration.

We need to counter the lie that is being spread.

Please educate me.