Timeline of Hurricane Katrina: Difference between revisions

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:*President Bush declares a state of emergency in Alabama [http://www.fema.gov/news/event.fema?id=4806] and Mississippi [http://www.fema.gov/news/event.fema?id=4787], and a major disaster in Florida [http://www.fema.gov/news/event.fema?id=4805] under the authority of the [[Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act|Stafford Act]].

:*President Bush meets in videoconference with National Hurricane Director Max Mayfield to discuss hurricane Katrina while at his ranch in Crawford, Texas. [http://www.sptimes.com/2005/08/30/State/For_forecasting_chief.shtml] [http://www.sptimes.com/2005/08/30/State/For_forecasting_chief.shtml]

:* Governor Blanco makes arrangements with the Governor [[Bill Richardson]] of [[New Mexico]] for National Guard reinforcements, however the federal authorities do not issue the required authorisationauthorization for these reinforcements until [[September 1]].

=== Second landfall ===