5 Hours after Katrina Lanfall -- Brown ask for help "PR purposes"

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FEMA chief sent help only when storm ended

07:04 AM CDT on Wednesday, September 7, 2005


By TED BRIDIS / Associated Press



WASHINGTON, D.C. — The top U.S. disaster official waited until hours after Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast before he proposed to his boss sending at least 1,000 Homeland Security workers into the region to support rescuers – and gave them two days to arrive, according to internal documents.

Part of the mission, according to the documents obtained by The Associated Press, was to "convey a positive image" about the government's response for victims.


Acknowledging that such a move would take two days, Michael Brown, director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, sought the approval from Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff roughly five hours after Katrina made landfall on Aug. 29.

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http://www.wwltv.com/topstories/stories/090605ccKatrinacaresponse.68f01be8.html

This was on Aaron Brown last night...Congress has the memo

[Tesibria]

1. WE have the memo

see http://wid.ap.org/documents/dhskatrina.pdf

On edit: "We" the people ...

[all.of.me]

2. should have had help in place a week before it hit,

when it was obvious how powerful it was. idiots.

[Ioo]

3. story link is not working

[cthrumatrix]

4. link fixed...thank you very much

[cthrumatrix]

5. kick