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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We're urging people in the Katrina impact areas to be very, very cautious.
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This is a scene we experienced with Katrina. Katrina was going to Florida for several days, and (then) gave us 48 hours to move,
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This is a substantial package of initiatives that will help our families, our business and our state recover from Katrina and Rita,
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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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Katrina and Rita brought our people and our economy to its knees.
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Katrina and Rita altered the fabric of our society,
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For these reasons, it is imperative that the investigation into the response to Katrina be comprehensive, probing and non-partisan.
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he has recognized that Katrina was no ordinary hurricane.
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We will weather this storm as we have weathered Katrina.
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These storms knocked us down, but they didn't knock us out, ... And with your help and support, we will come back stronger and more prosperous than before.
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The shelters will end up probably without electricity or with minimum electricity from generators in the end. There may be intense flooding that will be not in our control which would be ultimately the most dangerous situation that many of our people could face.
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The situation is untenable, ... At first light, the devastation is greater than our worst fear. It's just totally overwhelming ... heartbreaking.
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The situation deteriorated on Monday and on Wednesday, it became untenable,
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The simple fact is that we needed something as simple and basic as buses delivered in a timely fashion from FEMA in order to save lives. They didn't do that,