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i don't understand
so since the bush administration has said we don't want to play the blame game (and then promptly went to blame state and local officials about not asking for federal help early enough), i've been digging through records to see just what the feds were doing compared to the locals, bureaucracy-wise.
and there's something weird. bush's declaration of an emergency for louisiana parishes covers middle and upstate louisiana, but not the coastal parishes. am i just dense and missing something?
here's the list: 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.
the very parishes for which the hurricane warnings were in effect are not among them:
WWUS74 KLIX 281550 NPWLIX [...]
LAZ038-040-050-056> 070-282100 - ASSUMPTION - LIVINGSTON - LOWER JEFFERSON - LOWER LAFOURCHE - LOWER PLAQUEMINES - LOWER ST. BERNARD - LOWER TERREBONNE - ORLEANS - ST. CHARLES - ST. JAMES - ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST - ST. TAMMANY - TANGIPAHOA - UPPER JEFFERSON - UPPER LAFOURCHE - UPPER PLAQUEMINES - UPPER ST. BERNARD - UPPER TERREBONNE
quick map here.
at first i thought maybe they were already covered from a previous declaration (louisiana itself declared a state of emergency for tropical storm cindy, which ended on august 4, and one for hurricane dennis, ending o august 7), but can't find anything about that other than a FEMA disaster aid declaration for cindy from august 23 (wow, that much later; cindy hit july 5).
and there's something weird. bush's declaration of an emergency for louisiana parishes covers middle and upstate louisiana, but not the coastal parishes. am i just dense and missing something?
here's the list: 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.
the very parishes for which the hurricane warnings were in effect are not among them:
WWUS74 KLIX 281550 NPWLIX [...]
LAZ038-040-050-056> 070-282100 - ASSUMPTION - LIVINGSTON - LOWER JEFFERSON - LOWER LAFOURCHE - LOWER PLAQUEMINES - LOWER ST. BERNARD - LOWER TERREBONNE - ORLEANS - ST. CHARLES - ST. JAMES - ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST - ST. TAMMANY - TANGIPAHOA - UPPER JEFFERSON - UPPER LAFOURCHE - UPPER PLAQUEMINES - UPPER ST. BERNARD - UPPER TERREBONNE
quick map here.
at first i thought maybe they were already covered from a previous declaration (louisiana itself declared a state of emergency for tropical storm cindy, which ended on august 4, and one for hurricane dennis, ending o august 7), but can't find anything about that other than a FEMA disaster aid declaration for cindy from august 23 (wow, that much later; cindy hit july 5).
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I have to belive that there's got to be some kind of reasonable explanation, but then again.......
btw, it occurred to me while driving to school today that it might be an interesting exercise to try to determine the timelines of requests and responses with one of the major hurricanes that hit FL last year and compare and contrast that to Katrina. The population of NOLA may make it too skewed to work as I don't remember if there was a FL city of size involved. I'd do it myself, but I don't have nearly as much putertime as I'd need.
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http://www.livejournal.com/users/ottercat/288685.html
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Issued August 29th. I posted a couple of links lower in the comments.
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i'll check the other two out (thanks), but i suspect they're equivalent to http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/08/20050829-2.html, which talks about federal funding for LA (i am tracking actual disaster assistance, not funding).
timelines and snafus for florida
Rep. Mark Foley of West Palm Beach, Fla., not known as a shouter, was especially critical. Contrary to claims that FEMA's Brown was doing just fine until Katrina struck, Foley has been at odds with Brown over the government's handling of hurricanes that have hit his Florida district. Foley has stories of Brown's denial of reality and FEMA's inherent bureaucratic sluggishness.
from robert novak, of all people.
foley is one of those who want to pull FEMA out of DHS.
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http://www.sba.gov/disasterarea2/LA101760805.pdf and http://www.gismaps.fema.gov/2005graphics/dr1603/dec_1603.pdf
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I grew up in Beauregard parish. Even when hurricanes make landfall on that end of the state (it's on the Texas border), Beauregard really doesn't need emergency declarations. It's too far inland for storm surge, too elevated for much flooding -- never took much wind damage, either. At best, hurricanes take out some power lines, and if we're really lucky, school gets called off for a day.
I don't thin Beauregard even got much rain from Katrina.
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marker: wrong counties
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Re: marker: wrong counties