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>> Subject: FW: New Orleans - from a Baton Rouge Newspaper >> >> (>> >> On Friday night before the storm hit Max Mayfield of >> the National Hurricane Center took the unprecedented >> action of calling Nagin and Blanco personally to plead >> with them to begin MANDATORY evacuation of NO and they >> said they'd take it under consideration. This was >> after the NOAA buoy 240 miles south had recorded 68' >> waves before it was destroyed. >> >> President Bush spent Friday afternoon and evening in >> meetings with his advisors and administrators drafting >> all of the paperwork required for a state to request >> federal assistance (and not be in violation of the >> Posse Comitatus Act or having to enact the Insurgency >> Act). >> >> Just before midnight Friday evening the President >> called Governor Blanco and pleaded with her to sign >> the request papers so the federal government and the >> military could legally begin mobilization and call up. >> He was told that they didn't think it necessary for >> the federal government to be involved yet. >> After the President's final call to the governor she >> held meetings with her staff to discuss the political >> ramifications of bringing federal forces. It was >> decided that if they allowed federal assistance it >> would make it look as if they had failed so it was >> agreed upon that the feds would not be invited in. >> >> Saturday before the storm hit the President again evour <[email protected]> -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 604 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Try www.SPAMfighter.com for free now!
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