CHARLESMANSON said:
Blanco told him the levee's were fine....democrats fail again...this time causing death......
You might be obnoxious, but I have to give you credit. At least
you really go out of your way to be obnoxious.
Don't you know that
the feds already knew of a levee breach at around 9 am that day?
Here's a brief timeline, as reported by the Senate panel investigating Katrina:
8:30 a.m.: FEMA's regional office is informed that "a twenty-foot tidal surge? came up and breached the levee system in the canal."
9:08 a.m.: A brief from the Transportation Security Administration notes that the Industrial Canal levee has been breached. "There is heavy street flooding throughout Orleans, St. Bernard, and Jefferson parishes," the brief notes. A senior watch officer at the Homeland Security Operations Center receives the brief at 11:41 a.m.
9:14 a.m.: A flash flood warning from the National Weather service notes: "A levee breach occurred along the Industrial Canal? 3-8 feet of water is expected."
9:36 a.m.: FEMA coordinator Matthew Green e-mails FEMA's Michael Lowder, deputy director of response, that the Industrial Canal Levee has failed.
10 a.m.: Department of Homeland Security adviser Luis Dabdoub sends an e-mail to officials at Homeland Security and its main operation center. It reads: "It is getting bad. Major flooding in some parts of the city. People are calling in for rescue? The bad part has not hit here yet."
10:12 a.m.: Michael Heath, special assistant to then-FEMA chief Michael Brown, sends an e-mail to FEMA's chief of staff and acting director that reports: "Severe flooding in the St. Bernard/Orleans parish line... People are trapped in attics."
11:51 a.m.: Heath sends an e-mail to Michael Lowder, FEMA's deputy directory of response, informing him that the 17th Street Canal has been breached, as reported by Marty Bahamonde, a FEMA official on the ground in New Orleans. Brown responds: "I'm being told here water over not a breach."
In the videotape of the conference call to which you are referring--held after noon time--Gov. Blanco appeared uncertain about the reliability of her information and cautioned that the situation "could change."
So you see, she, like FEMA Director Mike Brown, knew of the flooding caused by water going over the levees, but were unaware of any levee actually being broken through.
This just illustrates the confusion going on at the time, on both the federal AND state levels. :shrug:
And let's put this to rest,....more could've been done to help save lives, from the feds down to city officials.
But you know what? I actually went to college in New Orleans and enjoyed my time there. I love the city.
For you to take glee in assigning blame for the "deaths" of those people to a Democratic governor because of inaccurate information, when federal officials such as those with FEMA were just as unsure, just shows what a sick individual you are. :nono:
