From: "Mark" 

I believe he declared those additional areas so that those states could be
reimbursed for providing shelter and services to the evacuees.

"John Cuccia"  wrote in message
news:pu6ei1pi73su6pitv75fsmujjcpmrh9o8u{at}4ax.com...
> Looks like we're teeming with emergencies (Ophelia being the only one
> I am currently aware of):
> http://www.fema.gov/news/newsarchive.fema?month=09&year=2005
> President Approves Emergency Declaration For South Dakota, Sep 10
> President Approves Emergency Declaration For South Carolina, Sep 10
> President Approves Emergency Declaration For Alabama, Sep 10
> President Approves Emergency Declaration For Pennsylvania, Sep 10
> President Approves Emergency Declaration For Missouri, Sep 10
> President Approves Emergency Declaration For Kentucky, Sep 10
> President Approves Emergency Declaration For Kansas, Sep 10
> President Approves Emergency Declaration For Indiana, Sep 10
> President Approves Emergency Declaration For Iowa, Sep 10
> President Approves Emergency Declaration For Washington, D.C., Sep 7
> President Approves Emergency Declaration For Washington, Sep 7
> President Approves Emergency Declaration For Oregon, Sep 7
> President Approves Emergency Declaration For New Mexico, Sep 7
> President Approves Emergency Declaration For Michigan, Sep 7
> President Approves Emergency Declaration For Illinois, Sep 7
> President Approves Emergency Declaration For Tennessee, Sep 5
> President Approves Emergency Declaration For North Carolina, Sep 5
> President Approves Emergency Declaration For Georgia, Sep 5
> President Approves Emergency Declaration For Oklahoma, Sep 5
> President Approves Emergency Declaration For Florida, Sep 5
> President Approves Emergency Declaration For Utah, Sep 5
> President Approves Emergency Declaration For Colorado, Sep 5
> President Approves Emergency Declaration For West Virginia, Sep 5
>
>
>
> On Tue, 13 Sep 2005 13:30:55 -0500, "Robert G Lewis"
>  wrote:
>
>>I saw something several days ago somewhere. That
particular blog didn't
>>fully buy that explanation. IIRC that declaration expires at the end of
>>the
>>month. Personally I wonder why they excluded the counties they did. They
>>must have had an anal retentive lawyer writing the declaration .
>>
>>
>>"John Cuccia"  wrote in message
>>news:f66ei1l6b8usrmlq2phrj7vkvnempfders{at}4ax.com...
>>> Thanks, didn't know about the Cindy statement.
>>>
>>> On Tue, 13 Sep 2005 13:07:02 -0500, "Robert G Lewis"
>>>  wrote:
>>>
>>>>New Orleans was supposedly covered under a decree for Tropical Storm
>>>>Cindy.
>>>>Why they did not include more of LA in the Katrina
declaration ..... Who
>>>>knows.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>"John Cuccia"  wrote in message
>>>>news:414ei1hholg39oqrtgomdlksi7068cd298{at}4ax.com...
>>>>> Here's the White House "Statement on Federal
Emergency Assistance for
>>>>> Louisiana", published on Friday, August 26:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/08/20050827-1.html
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> The statement authorizes federal assistance to some 40
of Louisiana's
>>>>> 64 parishes, but does not iclude Orleans, Jefferson,
St. Bernard,
>>>>> Plaquemine, St.Tammany, or Washington.
>>>>>
>>>>> Anyone have any idea why the areas that were actually
affected by the
>>>>> storm weren't covered by this directive?  I've got to be missing
>>>>> something.
>>>>
>>>
>>
>

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