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Thursday, September 08, 2005

The Geography of Misery

Map by Bob Harris, graphically displaying the information that The Weasel, apparently, declared an emergency in the wrong LA parishes

Oh, this is rich -- in a "Huh?" kinda way.

The wonderful Bob Harris has done some analysis of Louisiana parishes, to see which were covered by The Weasel's "Declaration of Emergency" effective August 26:

I checked the parish map against the White House's own press release, posted on their own site. I have tried to figure out how this is my own mistake, but I can't find it. And the results are frankly so bizarre I had to make the graphic in order to properly show you.

Welcome to upside-down-land: the areas at risk for Katrina were quite remarkably the areas not included in Bush's declaration of emergency.

What the hell?

Compare and contrast with the full and specific statewide list of parishes and the services they will receive issued after the storm hit.

Is this really what Bush authorized before the storm hit? Are they really that incompetent?