How could he let Katrina do this to our nation?

8/31/2005 9:05:12 PM

you should post it in study hall now.

8/31/2005 9:10:12 PM

ok

8/31/2005 9:12:06 PM

Quote :

"Bush's budget cuts disaster preparedness funding Wednesday's earthquake will succeeded in shaking disaster relief funds out of the government's deep pockets, but another action by President George W. Bush may impact the region as much as the 6.8 magnitude quake. When President George W. Bush sent his proposed 2002 budget to Congress yesterday afternoon, there was a glaring omission. The president decided to pull funding for FEMA's Project Impact, effectively ending the disaster-preparedness campaign which since 1997 has given $25 million per year to communities across the country for disaster mitigation, saying the project "has not proven effective." "

http://archives.thedaily.washington.edu/2001/030101/N9.BIHquakebu.html

Quote :

"ROCKEFELLER OUTLINES CONCERNS ON PRESIDENT BUSH’S OFFICIAL BUDGET CUTS • Disaster and Flood Relief – The budget cuts funding for FEMA’s disaster relief program $270 million (16 percent) below the level needed to maintain current services. West Virginia suffers flood damage virtually every Spring. Many West Virginians are concerned about the effect the budget cuts will have on the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, which provides federal funding for disaster mitigation."

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" 8/28/2005 Louisiana National Guard troops watch Katrina from Iraq More than 3,000 members of the Louisiana National Guard’s 256th Brigade serving in Iraq can only watch from Baghdad as Hurricane Katrina bears down on their families and homes in New Orleans and the other south Louisiana communities from which they hail. The deployed soldiers and their equipment, which includes high water vehicles, Humvees and generators, will be sorely missed as Louisiana attempts to prepare for and recover from the historic Category Five storm. "

9/1/2005 7:10:59 PM