A brief lesson on the Department of Homeland Security

Something for the Republicans out there, now trying to lay the blame for NOLA on the (Democrat) Mayor and Governer. It comes from newshounds.us, and was written by Dee.
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This one administration sure isn't efficient.

They forgot about pg 43 of the the Department of Homeland Security manual.

http://www.dhs.gov/interweb/assetlibrary/NRP_FullText.pdf
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The first paragraph:

In catastrophe situations where state and local resources are overwhelmed, coordination for federal assistance is not to be delayed and the
first priority is immediately deploy federal resources to save lives and protect
infrastructure. And the procedure to coordinate with state and local government should not be an obstacle.
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Read the paragraph - please. Federal assistance is NOT TO BE DELAYED and the FIRST PRIORITY IS IMMEDIATELY DEPLOY FEDERAL RESOURCES TO SAVE LIVES AND PROTECT INFRASTRUCTURE and the procedure to coordinate with state and local government SHOULD NOT BE AN OBSTACLE.