Kentucky Reeling from Ice Storm; Slow FEMA Response Hit

Insurance Journal ^ | Feb. 2, 2009 | Bruce Schreiner

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The Today Show this morning reported that FEMA was getting glowing revues for their response in Kentucky.

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-Beshear asked Obama for a disaster declaration to free up federal assistance Thursday, two days after the storm hit, and Obama issued it hours later. Trucks loaded with supplies began arriving at a staging area at Fort Campbell, Ky., on Friday morning, said Mary Hudak, a spokeswoman for the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
National death toll hits 55 in ice storm, 24 in KY

-Friday, August 26: KATRINA/GOV. KATHLEEN BLANCO DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY IN LOUISIANA
-Saturday, August 27: FEDERAL EMERGENCY DECLARED, DHS AND FEMA GIVEN FULL AUTHORITY TO RESPOND TO KATRINA: “Specifically, FEMA is authorized to identify, mobilize, and provide at its discretion, equipment and resources necessary to alleviate the impacts of the emergency.”
-Sunday, August 28: BUSH, BROWN, CHERTOFF WARNED OF LEVEE FAILURE BY NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER DIRECTOR: Dr. Max Mayfield, director of the National Hurricane Center: “‘We were briefing them way before landfall. … It’s not like this was a surprise. We had in the advisories that the levee could be topped.’”
-Wednesday, August 31: PRESIDENT BUSH FINALLY ORGANIZES TASK FORCE TO COORDINATE FEDERAL RESPONSE: Bush says on Tuesday he will “fly to Washington to begin work…with a task force that will coordinate the work of 14 federal agencies involved in the relief effort.”
Death toll in Louisiana alone 1577

http://thinkprogress.org/katrina-timeline/

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11627394/ -Knew of levy breach!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina -Death toll by state

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