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New Orleans and Hurricane Katrina
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TIMELINE HURRICANE KATRINA
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Date:
8/26/2005
Contact:Denise Bottcher or Roderick
Hawkins at 225-342-9037
GOVERNOR BLANCO
DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY
BATON ROUGE,
LA--Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco today issued
Proclamation No. 48 KBB 2005, declaring a state of
emergency for the state Louisiana as Hurricane Katrina
poses an imminent threat, carrying severe storms, high
winds, and torrential rain that may cause flooding and
damage to private property and public facilities, and
threaten the safety and security of the citizens of the
state of Louisiana The state of emergency extends from
Friday, August 26, 2005, through Sunday, September 25,
2005, unless terminated sooner.
The full text of
Proclamation No. 48 KBB 2005 is as
follows:
WHEREAS, the Louisiana Homeland Security
and Emergency Assistance and Disaster Act, R.S. 29:721,
et seq., confers upon the governor of the state of
Louisiana emergency powers to deal with emergencies and
disasters, including those caused by fire, flood,
earthquake or other natural or man-made causes, in order
to ensure that preparations of this state will be
adequate to deal with such emergencies or disasters and
to preserve the lives and property of the citizens of
the state of Louisiana;
WHEREAS, when the
governor finds a disaster or emergency has occurred, or
the threat thereof is imminent, R.S. 29:724(B)(1)
empowers her to declare the state of disaster or
emergency by executive order or proclamation, or both;
and
WHEREAS, On August 26, 2005, Hurricane
Katrina poses an imminent threat to the state of
Louisiana, carrying severe storms, high winds, and
torrential rain that may cause flooding and damage to
private property and public facilities, and threaten the
safety and security of the citizens of
Louisiana;
NOW THEREFORE I, KATHLEEN BABINEAUX
BLANCO,
Governor of the state of Louisiana, by
virtue of the authority vested by the Constitution and
laws of the state of Louisiana, do hereby order and
direct as follows:
SECTION 1: Pursuant to the
Louisiana Homeland Security and Emergency Assistance and
Disaster Act, R.S. 29:721, et seq., a state of emergency
is declared to exist in the state of Louisiana as
Hurricane Katrina poses an imminent threat, carrying
severe storms, high winds, and torrential rain that may
cause flooding and damage to private property and public
facilities, and threaten the safety and security of the
citizens of the state of Louisiana;
SECTION 2:
The state of Louisiana's emergency response and recovery
program is activated under the command of the director
of the state office of Homeland Security and Emergency
Preparedness to prepare for and provide emergency
support services and/or to minimize the effects of the
storm's damage.
SECTION 3: The state of emergency
extends from Friday, August 26, 2005, through Sunday,
September 25, 2005, unless terminated
sooner.
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