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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is not just a game but a very symbolic event and we should encourage as many people as possible to go.
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The whole region could evacuate 200,000, 300,000 maybe more.
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There will be plenty of soldiers in the city to handle whatever Rita dishes out.
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This country and its economy must have a vibrant commercial center at the mouth of the Mississippi River, its most important waterway, ... Katrina and Rita brought our economy to its knees.
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The National Guard has been dropping sandbags into it, but it's like dropping it into a black hole,
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The movie people tell me they want out of Toronto, ... We've got one producer with big Disney contracts we're talking to. We are looking for television series. That's bread and butter, day in and day out. It's all great business.
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Some things worked right this time, ... We learned a lot of lessons from our previous experience with Katrina. Our communications network stayed up.
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Southwest Louisiana is now in danger... we feel that it is very important that everyone leave now,
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are not going to have a reason at the end to accuse us of misappropriation or misuse of funds.
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I want citizens who are in the coastal parishes to start making preparations to leave now,
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seemed uncertain and sluggish, hesitant to declare martial law or a state of emergency, which would have opened the door to more Pentagon help.
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That's in spite of the fact that Rita killed about four days of your work.
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You need to find a safe place to be. It is not safe to find yourself stranded on the highway. Get to the highest ground or the highest building in your area.
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This is a sign that the people at the highest level of government are worried about this storm. We must prepare for the worst but hope for the best,