Kathleen Blanco
Kathleen Blanco
Kathleen Babineaux Blancoserved from January 2004 to January 2008 as the 54th governor of the U.S. state of Louisiana. A member of the Democratic Party, she is the first woman to have been elected as governor of Louisiana...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth15 December 1942
CityNew Iberia, LA
CountryUnited States of America
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who opened your homes, your hospitals, your classrooms, your churches, your wallets and your hearts to our people.
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While the eye of the storm is now projected to go a little more westerly and into the Texas area, it is strengthening, ... That still could give us some impact on the eastern side of the storm. We are watching it and we want our citizens to watch it very carefully.
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We need to pray, of course, very strongly, that the hurricane force would diminish,
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Three hundred of the Arkansas National Guard have landed in the city of New Orleans,
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We need ground transportation to get the evacuees out. We need to get them to shelter, get them to food, get them to a safer environment,
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We have a tough, tough people, ... We party hard, we work hard ... we know we can get through this.
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We know that we're going to take the brunt of it. It does not bode well for southeastern Louisiana.
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We have two kinds of employment: one with decent pay and benefits - and another of part-time pay with full-time hours, at a wage that can't nearly support a healthy family. We have two kinds of healthcare: one where people have access and insurance - and another where basic care and life-saving treatments, come at a price beyond reach.
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I think this storm is bigger than anything we have dealt with before. This is not a minor problem.
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It is a record for any state to see that kind of growth.
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is disappointed by the response, given the immediacy of the need. We're both disappointed. But you know, that's the past, and we have to move into the future.
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We're offering them the opportunity to continue to serve in the Guard and help us rebuild southeast Louisiana, ... That will keep them employed. This will be an opportunity to tide them over.
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We've got to make their living conditions a little more decent. A lot more decent, as a matter of fact, because living conditions in the dome are deteriorating rapidly -- no power, no water, hard to get food, supplies in.
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We've fought hurricanes before. You know, we think we are hurricane-smart and there's some normal things that go on during the aftermath of a serious hurricane, but this is not normal. This is past the normal thing that we normally have dealt with over the years,