The state of Louisiana and the United States government declared
states of emergency earlier than I thought. In the following, the
first is from the state of Louisiana Web site, the second from the US
Whitehouse Web site.
Friday, 2005 August 26
http://www.gov.state.la.us/Press_Release_detail.asp?id=973
Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco today issued Proclamation No. 48
KBB 2005, declaring a state of emergency for the state Louisiana as
Hurricane Katrina poses an imminent threat ...
Saturday, 2005 August 27
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/08/20050827-1.html
Statement on Federal Emergency Assistance for Louisiana
The President today declared an emergency exists in the State of
Louisiana and ordered Federal aid to supplement state and local
response efforts in the parishes located in the path of Hurricane
Katrina ...
The President's action authorizes the Department of Homeland
Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to
coordinate all disaster relief efforts ...
Monday, 2005 August 29 7 am CDT
Hurricane Katrina makes landfall
Hurricane Katrina was upgraded to a category 3 hurricane on Saturday
morning and to category 5 on Sunday morning; it made landfall as a
category 4 hurricane on Monday morning.
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Robert J. Chassell
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