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Originally Posted by spunkmaster
Actually the Feds activated it's forces on Sunday the day before katrina hit. However, people don't know that the President cannot send Feds in to a state without the state approving it. Blanco wouldn't let the feds in until 4 days after Katrina hit and the Red Cross had hundreds of thousands of bottles of water and ice sitting 7 miles from the city and they wouldn't let them in until Saturday.
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Yeah, you refreshed my memory.
Also this falls in line with my point that the governor didn't do enough and the mayor
was completely without power or resources. But I never really here anyone giving
Blanco shit about the 4 day delay.
But hey, they elected a new governor now and good!