Undeniable proof of who was supposed to be in charge

[Horse with no Name]

There is no doubt this was federal responsibility.
http://www.ohioema.org/robertt.htm


Sec. 302. (a) Immediately upon his declaration of a major disaster or emergency, the President shall appoint a Federal coordinating officer to operate in the affected area.He declared this a disaster area on the 27th.The ball was in the fed's court.

(b) In order to effectuate the purposes of this Act, the Federal coordinating officer, within the affected area, shall

(1) make an initial appraisal of the types of relief most urgently needed;
(2) establish such field offices as he deems necessary and as are authorized by the President;
(3) coordinate the administration of relief, including activities of the State and local government, the American National Red Cross, the Salvation Army, the Mennonite Disaster Service, and other relief or disaster assistance organizations, which agree to operate under his advice or direction, except that nothing contained in this Act shall limit or in any way affect the responsibilities of the American National Red Cross under the Act of January 5, 1905, as amended (33 Stat. 599); and
(4) take such other action, consistent with authority delegated to him by the President, and consistent with the provisions of this Act, as he may deem necessary to assist local citizens and public officials in promptly obtaining assistance to which they are entitled.

(c) When the President determines assistance under this Act is necessary, he shall request that the Governor of the affected State designate a State coordinating officer for the purposes of coordinating State and local disaster assistance efforts with those of the Federal Government.

[liberal N proud]

1. Great piece of information in the battle against the gamers

It is about who is responsible or is supposed to be responsible anyway.

Thanks

[sierrajim]

2. Does Ohio law have any precedence in Louisiana?

[Horse with no Name]

3. It is from an Ohio website

But the Stafford Act is a federal law.

[lateo]

4. Did Bush have a Federal coordinating officer in the area?

If so, who was it?

[alfredo]

5. That would be the FEMA director for Louisiana

[lateo]

6. Was he there or on vacation?

snark

[Horse with no Name]

7. vacation is suchhhhhhhhh a relative term

:silly:

[I Have A Dream]

17. Who appoints the FEMA director for the state?

I heard that it was the governor. Is this true, or does national FEMA appoint the person?

[alfredo]

21. Not sure. I bet the Governor does, but

don't use me as an expert on it.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

15. dick cheney? fresh from vacation?

Or karl rove? No! Let's get a horse breeder there!

[DoYouEverWonder]

8. There is also the more recent National Response Plan

that clearly details who is responsible for what. This plan went into effect in March, 2005.

http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/interapp/editorial/editorial_0566.xml


Besides if Bush and his misadministration are so clueless that they need to have written instructions on how to react, then they are too incompetent to lead anything no less the USA and are major national security risks at this point.

[Horse with no Name]

9. Yes.

But you will see that the requests for aid have to fall within the guidelines of The Stafford Act, Title V and that is the gold standard.

[DoYouEverWonder]

10. Whatever rope works to hang this gang

I won't be picky.

The point still remains that why in the world would anyone in the Federal Government think they had to be invited in order to respond to an emergency. Imagine if the firefighters and policemen refused to go into the WTC because they had been ordered by the president yet?

[Horse with no Name]

11. They are relying on the misinformation

that is floating around to confuse the sheeple.
If they say it enough...they are hoping to make it so.

[DoYouEverWonder]

13. Exactly

I'm exhausted from putting out the fires when they start up around here. It's bad enough that the freepers spread the disinformation but when it pops up here then it's really frustrating.

[erh7771]

12. And here's MORE PROOF !!

http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/theme_home2.jsp

In the event of a terrorist attack, <B>natural disaster</B> or other large-scale emergency, the Department of Homeland Security will assume <B>primary responsibility</B> on March 1st for ensuring that emergency response professionals are prepared for any situation. This will entail providing a coordinated, comprehensive federal response to any large-scale crisis and mounting a swift and effective recovery effort. The new Department will also prioritize the important issue of citizen preparedness. Educating America's families on how best to prepare their homes for a disaster and tips for citizens on how to respond in a crisis will be given special attention at DHS.

[WePurrsevere]

18. More good info.. .thank you and welcome to DU. :-) nt

[goodhue]

14. great point

Who was/is the appointed federal coordinating officer?

[magellan]

16. Brown named William Lokey fed coordinating officer for LA on Aug 29

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/08/20050829-2.html

"Representing the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Michael D. Brown, Under Secretary for Emergency Preparedness and Response, Department of Homeland Security, named William Lokey as the Federal Coordinating Officer for Federal recovery operations in the affected area."

Blanco named Art Jones as the LA state coordinating officer on Aug 27.

http://www.gov.state.la.us/Press_Release_detail.asp?id=976

[WePurrsevere]

19. Thank you. This goes along with what my husband & I were trying to pull...

out from the ole grey matter the other day. When a Federal state of emergency or disaster is declared it becomes totally up to the President and the Fed gov'nt to ACT...also according to what is written in that statement the Red Cross and other orgs are supposed to be coordinated with as well.

"except that nothing contained in this Act shall limit or in any way affect the responsibilities of the American National Red Cross under the Act of January 5, 1905, as amended (33 Stat. 599)" is it just me or does this part look like Red Cross isn't supposed to be messed with at all.. hmm... weren't they blocked from going in for quite a while by FEMA?

Also as erh7771 pointed out above the ball is now also in the Homeland Security's court.

I believe in the game of Chess this would be called... checkmate.

[goodhue]

20. kick

[paineinthearse]

22. Excellent work Horse with no Name

:thumbsup: