Why Didn't Louisiana Follow its Required Emergency Plan?

Self | September 4, 2005 | Joseph Ranos

[silverleaf]

thanks

[manwiththehands]

Crack?

[Mongeaux]

Wonderful work! I have been looking for a single coherent list of local government failings (with timeline) to reference while arguing with Dems on other forums. Thanks for the help.

[Rebelbase]

Because school buses don't have bathrooms............

[chrispycsuf]

i sure am glad that she did stress that BUSH called for the evacuation....this may spell the end to her political career as she failed to act and that the president had to go over her head to do the right thing

[Cicero]

Excellent summary. This needs to be hammered home. Since the MSM will never admit that local authorities were at fault, it needs to be passed on all over the internet, emailed to friends, and explained by word of mouth.

The MSM have never been more corrupt and ignorant than they have shown themselves to be in this emergency.

[ProxyAccount]

Mayor's orders:

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CIVIL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF ORLEANS

STATE OF LOUISIANA

CITY OF NEW ORLEANS

PROMULGATION OF EMERGENCY ORDERS

WHEREAS, the National Weather Service has indicated that Hurricane Katrina will likely affect the Louisiana coast with hurricane force winds and heavy rainfall by this evening;

WHEREAS, because of anticipated high lake and marsh tides due to the tidal surge, combined with the possibility of intense thunderstorms, hurricane force winds, and widespread severe flooding, Governor Kathleen Blanco and I, New Orleans Mayor C. Ray Nagin, have each declared a State of Emergency;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, as the Mayor of the City of New Orleans, pursuant to the authority granted by La. Rev. Stat. 29:727, do hereby promulgate and issue the following orders, which shall be effective immediately and which shall remain in effect until the earlier of five days following the date of this issuance or the declaration by the Governor that the State of Emergency no longer exists:

1. A mandatory evacuation order is hereby called for all of the Parish of Orleans, with only the following exceptions: essential personnel of the United States of America, State of Louisiana and City of New Orleans; essential personnel of regulated utilities and mass transportation services; essential personnel of hospitals and their patients; essential personnel of the media; essential personnel of the Orleans Parish Criminal Sheriffs Office and its inmates and essential personnel of operating hotels and their patrons. Unless covered by one of the aforementioned exceptions, every person is hereby ordered to immediately evacuate the City of New Orleans or, if no other alternative is available, to immediately move to one of the facilities within the City that will be designated as refuges of last resort.

2. In order to effectuate the mandatory evacuation, at the direction of the Mayor, the Chief Administrative Officer, the Director of Homeland Security for the City of New Orleans or any member of the New Orleans Police Department, the City may commandeer any private property, including, but not limited to, buildings that may be designated as refuges of last resort and vehicles that may be used to transport people out the area.

The City Attorney is directed to file this declaration promptly in the office of the Clerk of Court and with the Secretary of State.

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Note part 2, "In order to effectuate the mandatory evacuation, at the direction of the Mayor, the Chief Administrative Officer, the Director of Homeland Security for the City of New Orleans or any member of the New Orleans Police Department, the City may commandeer any private property, including, but not limited to, buildings that may be designated as refuges of last resort and vehicles that may be used to transport people out the area."

[Sonar5]

Wow, you're a quick reader. lol

That is what prompted me to put this together. Hopefully this is the story that is also talked about instead of teh Fed bashing that has been going on.

Regards
Joe

[lexington minuteman 1775]

This does not blame BUSH, expect the MSM to ignore all this information, based on law, to be ignored.Well except for Senator Spector who will probably quote some obscure Scottish law to protect Nagin and Blanco. Hey, you don't suppose some lawsuits will come out of this against Blanco, Nagin, Parrish presidents and the like do you?

[chrispycsuf]

also to answer all your questions in order from most important...well...i'll just answer them all at once:

SHES A DEMOCRAT

[TX Bluebonnet]

There is a CAT 5 hurricane in the Gulf headed your way and you decide NOT to implement your Evacuation Plan. Wonder when you would ever implement it? What could possibly be worse.

[Keith in Iowa]

Nice work. Will come in handy.

[nuconvert]

Well, you've certainly been busy.
Thanx

[mewzilla]

Who needs the MSM? The Old Media is dead. Long live the New Media.

[msnimje]

This needs to get out of Free Republic and into the Main Stream Media and as many Newspapers as possible.
Maybe we should all write letters to the Editors of our local newspapers?

[doodad]

bump

[rovenstinez]

What a wonderful thing INTERNET. Looks like if these are the 'FACTS', we have some work to do to make sure this doesn't happen again, and we don't blame Presidents, just because the Main Stream Media has baited the event to pin blame on someone they don't like. Now, let's have a few routine evacuation tests scheduled for coastal cities, and those that want to live close to seawalls, sunken swamps and swollen rivers, count the cost... Thanks for this post. I am sure the Governor and the Mayor both in hind sight, would have done a thousand things different. No one actually knew. Good things can come about because of all of this.

[MrBambaLaMamba]

"Why Didn't Louisiana Follow it's Required Emergency Plan?

Could it be because the local and state governments are run by assclowns?

[AlGone2001]

You need to get an appearance on Fox News.

Awesome presentation.