US - Katrina: La. Turned Down Feds' Help

As I've said all along the more we know about the Katrina disaster the more we will find almost all of the blame lies with the state and local officials and not the Feds.

Two days before the Aug. 29 storm, HHS was told by the state's health emergency preparedness director that the help was not needed, [in evacuating the nursing homes where many later died] according to an e-mail released Monday by a Senate panel investigating the government's response to Katrina.

The state official, identified in the Aug. 27 e-mail as Dr. Roseanne Pratts, "responded no, that they do not require anything at this time and they would be in touch if and when they needed assistance," wrote HHS senior policy analyst Erin Fowler.

It gets worse.

The committee also released a Senate interview of Louisiana Transportation Secretary Johnny Bradberry, during which he told investigators "we have done nothing to fulfill this responsibility" of ensuring evacuation plans are in place for at-risk populations.

"We put no plans in place to do any of this," Bradberry said in the Dec. 21 interview, 12 pages of which were released by the Senate committee.

You won't see any of this on the BBC and MSM in the US will ignore it as well.
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