From the AP:
Federal officials warned President Bush and his homeland security chief of possible devastation just before Hurricane Katrina struck. Six days of video footage from briefings and transcripts were obtained by The Associated Press. The warnings were that the storm could breach levees, risk lives in the New Orleans Superdome and overwhelm rescuers. A-P reports Bush didn’t ask any questions during the final government-wide briefing the day before Katrina struck on August 29th….
from DarkSyde via Crooks & Liars:
The video shows both FEMA Director Mike “Heckuva job” Brownie saying he had a gut feeling this would be the “big one” and storm meteorologist Max Mayfield standing in front of a radar image indicating a breach in the levees, specifically from Lake Pontchartrain driven by high winds, was a concern”I don’t think any model can tell you with any confidence right now whether the levees will be topped or not but that is obviously a very, very grave concern,” Mayfield told the briefing.”
