Entered into the database on Friday, September 16th, 2005 @ 17:11:22 MST
Have you been wondering who was really running things while the seemingly
near-retarded FEMA Director Michael Brown was giving nonstop interviews and
press conferences those days after Katrina hit? From Hattiesburg
American September 11, 2005: Shortly after Hurricane Katrina roared through South Mississippi knocking
out electricity and communication systems, the White House ordered power restored
to a pipeline that sends fuel to the Northeast. That order - to restart two power substations in Collins that serve
Colonial Pipeline Co. - delayed efforts by at least 24 hours to restore power
to two rural hospitals and a number of water systems in the Pine Belt.[...] "I considered it a presidential directive to get those pipelines operating,"
said Jim Compton, general manager of the South Mississippi Electric Power Association
- which distributes power that rural electric cooperatives sell to consumers
and businesses. [...] Dan Jordan, manager of Southern Pines Electric Power Association, said
Vice President Dick Cheney's office called and left voice mails twice shortly
after the storm struck, saying the Collins substations needed power restored
immediately. Jordan dated the first call the night of Aug. 30 and the second call the morning
of Aug. 31. Southern Pines supplies electricity to the substation that powers
the Colonial pipeline.
