Louisiana/Federal government Conference Calls made public.

Hours of hurricane preparation conference calls were made public and can be heard on NPR.org. You can really tell where the ball was dropped in listening to these. From as early as 7:30 Monday morning FEMA was promising to have food and water into the city in 10-12 hours. They repeat this promise throughout the calls.


http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4859329

 

Thats why the Louisiana Department of Homeland Security wouldn't let the Red Cross
in which happens to be part of FEMA.
Thats why all those people went without food and water, because the state wouldn't
let them into NO,
The state wanted the people to get the hell out of NO even though they had no way
to get out and sure wouldn't provide them food in the Superdome or outside.
They didn't have the security to drop food and water nor did they want to because
they were afraid the people wouldn't leave NO.
They sure didn't have the security established for the Superdome either.

Why do you constantly blame the Feds for everything while ignoring that the state
and local officials dropped the ball?

NPR? Do you believe that is an honest source?
I trust the Red Cross and other organizations before I'd take NPR's word for anything.
Its funny that we've had all these hurricanes in Florida, Texas, the 9-11 disaster
and Louisiana is the "only" place that had these bad problems.
We had four hurricanes in Florida last year and they didn't have this problem.

That should tell you something my friend.
In closing, yes, Fema needed new leadership and got it.
Blame the 9-11 commission and Bush for making FEMA part of Homeland Security.
The worse thing Bush ever did was taking the 9-11 commssions advice on anything.

You might want to Nagin to shut his trap because he's starting to look stupid.
He wanted everyone to get their asses down to NO.
Then the Dems and Repubs wanted better leadership for FEMA and got it.
The mayor lets citizens back into the city while the new FEMA leader objects.
The mayor says he is the only mayor in NO?

Who wants to take up for people like that, I don't get it!
Please let me know if NPR ever criticizes any state or local officials in Louisiana, they probably will in Texas.

NPR is a liberal organization they will play politics only here just like Robert
Kennedy Jr did.

 

Where do you get this. The Red Cross is a private organization and not a part of FEMA. It is funded by American citizens through private donations.

There was food and water for the 10,000 who sought shelter at the dome for 24 hours. Federal aid was expected after that initial period. If you had listened to the calls you would know that. No one counted on an extra 190,000 people showing up.

Firstly NPR is an excellant news source. Some of their affiliate stations have a liberal lean, but others are very conservative. None of the huricanes that hit Florida, even if combined did the damage Katrina did. The damage from 9/11 was contained to a about 10 blocks of one city. Katrina did damage from NOLA to Mobile. Texas had absolutely terrible evacuation problens. Hundreds of thousands were stranded on interstates running out of gas. Rita's eastern turn saved alot of lives because Texas was not prepared for this storm.

NPR did not criticize anyone they just put several hours of conference calls between state, local, and federal officials on their web site. You may want to listen to them before you get all defensive.

 

Once again!

http://www.fema.gov/fema/first_res.shtmState and Local Guide (SLG) 101: Guide for All-Hazard Emergency Operations Planning
This guide outlines the preparedness, response and short-term recovery planning components that FEMA recommends be included in state and local emergency operations plans. It offers FEMA's best judgment and recommendation on how to handle the entire planning process. It also encourages emergency managers to address all the hazards that threaten their jurisdictions in a single operations plan rather than stand-alone plans.


Comprehensive HazMat Emergency Response-Capability Assessment Program (CHER-CAP)
CHER-CAP is a comprehensive preparedness program offered by FEMA to local communities and Tribal governments to address HazMat incidents. It is designed to help communities better understand HazMat risks, identify planning deficiencies, update plans, train first responders and identify systemic strengths and needed improvements.


Federal Response Plan
A signed agreement among 27 federal departments and agencies, and the American Red Cross, that provides the mechanism for coordinating delivery of federal assistance and resources to augment efforts of state and local governments overwhelmed by a major disaster or emergency.
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Who are the Emergency Managers for each state and local government?
I'm not saying the Feds didn't screw up their part but I disagree with you that the
Feds screwed things up more than the local and state government.

http://www.redcross.org/faq/0,1096,0_682_4524,00.html#4524
Check out what the Red Cross has to say about getting aid to the people of NO.

 

Sougherdough listen to the calls. In one of them a FEMA representative asks Walter Maestri if he has made his request through E-TEAM, which is the online tool for OEP and city managers to make requests for aide from FEMA. Maestri says they have made their request. The FEMA rep then asks Nagin if New Orleans has made their request. Nagin replies that their E-TEAM system is down and they cannot make the request, but they do need aide. The FEMA rep replies that they will work to get the system up so New Orleans can make their request. Rediculous.

 

First of all I never saw the article in the paper you are referring too.
If you guys would've read the links I've provided time and time again
you would've realized what I was referring too.

If you go to the Red Cross website, the link I have provided you would
realize we have a conflict of statements here:

Acess to New Orleans is controlled by the National Guard and local authorities and while we are in constant contact with them, we simply cannot enter New Orleans against their orders.

The state Homeland Security Department had requested--and continues to request--that the American Red Cross not come back into New Orleans following the hurricane. Our presence would keep people from evacuating and encourage others to come into the city.

The Red Cross shares the nation’s anguish over the worsening situation inside the city. We will continue to work under the direction of the military, state and local authorities and to focus all our efforts on our lifesaving mission of feeding and sheltering.
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http://www.loep.state.la.us/homeland/

http://www.newshounds.us/2005/09/07...t_louisianas_homeland_security_department.php
I wll have to challenge the news article you provided, meaning maybe
the author of it is trying to blame the Feds or they got their information flat wrong.

Which one is wrong the Red Cross or the Post Gazette?
I don't know.

As far as my statement about the 9-11 commission.
It was a bad idea including FEMA inside Homeland Security.
It was also a bad idea to follow the 9-11 commissions advice and have the Department
of Homeland Security.
Since when is bigger government an answer to everything when all we had to
do is correct the dots and fix the problems that existed.
Bigger government is Never better and certainly less efficient!

 

Yes, the Feds screwed up and the head of FEMA took the fall for that!
OK, if you are correct along with the article.
Please let me know if National Public Radio ever has anything like this
on the local and state officials in Louisiana.

I have a problem when people ignore the blunders of local and state governments and blame the Feds for everything.
If the governor and mayor would've followed their evacuation plans and
procedures this whole thing wouldn't have been as bad as it was.

The governor of the state of Louisiana didn't emmobilize all of the Louisiana
National Guard.
FEMA says at their website that they are responsible for assisting local and
state efforts, this includes the Red Cross btw.
Since Blanko didn't emmobilized 65% of the Louisiana National Guard that
was available there wasn't much rescuing going on in NO.
Thats why people were stuck there for days until the military came to the
rescue.

Yes, once again, FEMA was responsible but If you go read the evacuation
plan and procedures for NO you will see who else also dropped the ball.

You guys should be happy Mike Brown took the fall.

 

http://www.newshounds.us/2005/09/07...t_louisianas_homeland_security_department.php

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=46224

http://www.lawandterrorism.com/posts/1126152186.shtml

http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/09/08/004243.php

Head of the Red Cross Points Finger at Louisiana's Homeland Security Department
On last night's O'Reilly Factor (9-6-05) American Red Cross president Marsha "Marty" Evans repeated the reason the Red Cross did not go into New Orleans that is published on their official website. She claimed that Louisiana's State Homeland Security Department refused to allow the Red Cross into New Orleans because LA-DHS felt that the presence of the Red Cross "would keep people from evacuating and encourage others to come into the city." Neither she nor the website gave the name of the head of that department, but it was easily obtained on the website of the Department of Homeland Security in Washington.

I've been giving u the links to the Red Cross's official website thinking
they aren't going to play politics.
I've given it all this time so read it if you wish.

Maybe we need transcripts from the O'Reilly Factor?
What next?