Louisiana had problems with FEMA justa few months earlier

[Onlooker]

In July, too, Louisiana had difficulty getting aid from FEMA. Wonder if it's part of the Republican's southern strategy?

http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/metro/index.ssf?/base/news-11/1124779014195050.xml

In the month after Tropical Storm Cindy blew into southeast Louisiana, state and local governments in five parishes scrambled to document more than $5 million in losses to public agencies -- most of it the cost of handling mountains of tree debris.


The documentation was used to corroborate Gov. Kathleen Blanco's July 27 request for a presidential disaster declaration, which would send disaster recovery money into Jefferson, St. Bernard, St. Charles, Plaquemines and Lafourche parishes from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

But as of Monday, almost one month after Blanco's request, no declaration has been issued, and no one seems to know why, including Arthur Jones, Blanco's liaison with FEMA.


http://www.bayoubuzz.com/articles.aspx?aid=4813

Landrieu states in her press release that this disaster disrupted the everyday lives of thousands of South Louisiana residents, and I am pleased that they will now finally have the chance to rebuild their communities. She also stated that “While it is unfortunate that this declaration was unusually delayed, I am grateful for the release of these funds and the rebuilding and healing that they enable.”

[Iris]

1. Weren't they just bragging about how they were starting to get

"the black vote".