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Home Front: Politix
AP clarifies story about Katrina, Bush
2006-03-04
On a Saturday, so it won't be noticed much.

Pfeh.
In a Wednesday story, The Associated Press reported that federal disaster officials warned President Bush and his Homeland Security chief before Hurricane Katrina struck that the storm could breach levees in New Orleans, citing confidential video footage of an Aug. 28 briefing.

The Army Corps of Engineers considers a breach a hole developing in a levee rather than an overrun. The story should have made clear that Bush was warned about floodwaters overrunning the levees, rather than the levees breaking.
The day before Katrina, Bush was told there were grave concerns the levees could be overrun.

It wasnÂ’t until the next morning, as the storm made landfall, that Michael Brown, then head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, said Bush had asked about reports of breaches. Bush did not participate in that briefing.
See Wizbang's article on this - the author of the video story probably was one of Mary Mape's staff during Rathergate.
Posted by:lotp

#3  I made the connection when I heard about overtopping. The MSM simply assumed overtopping and breaching were the same. Why ask?

Overtopping is a wave over the top, and can eventually lead to breaching, if it goes on long enough. Overtopping puts a puddle in a few backyards; breaching - well, you saw it - ten feet of water everywhere.

Overtopping, breaching - pretty much the same thing to the simple-minded press. Or...maybe they did it on purpose?
Posted by: Bobby   2006-03-04 16:41  

#2  Oddly enough I don't care dickall about Jay Leno. Then again, more people watch Leno than read blogs so I reckon some folks are bound to watch and take him to heart.
Posted by: eLarson   2006-03-04 16:24  

#1  It won't matter. Jay Leno was on a jag this week about "Bush Knew and Didn't Care". Unfortunately, millions form their opinion from the rantings of a late night comic.
Posted by: ed   2006-03-04 15:37  

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