Kenneth G. Roy Pineville, Louisiana Carpe diem quam minimum credula postero. [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: Warren Perrin To: Sarah Spell ; Mary Ellen Sonnier ; Charles Sonnier ; SNA ; Stuart Smith ; Karen T. Smith ; Elizabeth Sirgo ; Alfred Silver ; Rebecca Shirley ; George Sfeir ; Gerard Sellers ; Gene Sellers ; Chris Segura ; Kip Schumaker ; T-Joe Savoie ; Michael Sartisky ; [email protected] ; Valérie Roy ; Ken Roy ; Jean-Michel Roy ; Christelle Roux ; Patrick Rolot ; Judy Riffel ; Natalie N. Rideau ; Natalie Rideau ; Zachary Richard ; Pierre Richard ; Jeff Richard ; Port Acadie ; Marc Poirier ; Mark Poche ; Maria Placer ; Loulan Pitre ; Forcier& Pinet ; Hamon Pierrick Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 10:46 AM Subject: Fw: Comités Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 10:17 AM Subject: Fw: Comités Of interest to you may be the attached article: Mayor: New Orleans will seek aid from other nations Mon Feb 6, 2006 4:37 PM ET By Michael Depp NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Shortcomings in aid from the U.S. government are making New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin look to other nations for help in rebuilding his hurricane-damaged city. Nagin, who has hosted a steady stream of foreign dignitaries since Hurricane Katrina hit in late August, says he may seek international assistance because U.S. aid has not been sufficient to get the city back on its feet. "I know we had a little disappointment earlier with some signals we're getting from Washington but the international community may be able to fill the gap," Nagin said when a delegation of French government and business officials passed through on Friday to explore potential business partnerships. Jordan's King Abdullah also visited New Orleans on Friday and Nagin said he would encourage foreign interests to help redevelop some of the areas hardest hit by the storm. "France can take Treme. The king of Jordan can take the Lower Ninth Ward," he said, referring to two of the city's neighborhoods. Katrina flooded 80 percent of the city and killed more than 1,300 people in Louisiana and Mississippi. The Bush administration has pledged billions of dollars to Katrina victims but five months after the storm, New Orleans remains largely in ruins. Nagin said his message to President George W. Bush would be that the federal government needs to refocus on the devastated area. "We need your undivided attention over the next six months," he said. "We need backup. We need for you to make the words that you spoke in Jackson Square a reality." Nagin was referring to the president's September 15 address to the nation from New Orleans, in which he pledged "we will do what it takes, we will stay as long as it takes" to rebuild. French Transport Minister Dominique Perben, leading the French delegation to a city that was founded by France in 1718, said, "This catastrophe has deeply upset the French people and the French government." France, Perben said through a translator, "wants to be a long-term partner for Louisiana and New Orleans." http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=domesticNews&storyID=2006-02-06T213742Z_01_N03281051_RTRUKOC_0_US-HURRICANES-AID.xml