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PLEASE LEAVE A MESSAGE AT THE TONE
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| Contributor | COSDem |
| Last Edited | COSDem Sep 11, 2005 07:29pm |
| Category | Blog Entry |
| News Date | Sep 11, 2005 07:00pm |
| Description | PLEASE LEAVE A MESSAGE AT THE TONE....Time magazine does a decent job of explaining what went wrong at all levels in the aftermath of Katrina, but the paragraph that really struck me was this one, which describes Louisiana governor Kathleen Blanco's attempts to get help from Washington:
The day the storm hit, she asked President Bush for "everything you've got." But almost nothing arrived, and she couldn't wait any longer. So she called the White House and demanded to speak to the President. George Bush could not be located, two Louisiana officials told Time, so she asked for chief of staff Andrew Card, who was also unavailable. Finally, after being passed to another office or two, she left a message with DHS adviser Frances Frago Townsend. She waited hours but had to make another call herself before she finally got Bush on the line. "Help is on the way," he told her.
She had to leave a message?
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