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Blanco declares state of emergency 05:49 PM CDT on Friday, August 26, 2005 Associated Press Louisiana kept a close watch on the Gulf of Mexico on Friday, Gov. Kathleen Blanco declared a state of emergency, and a strengthening Hurricane Katrina moved further to the west. Blanco ordered the state's disaster preparedness offices to start taking precautions, saying Katrina posed an "imminent threat." Meanwhile, emergency preparedness officers in southern Louisiana were mobilizing on their own. http://www.wwltv.com/local/stories/WWL082605blanco.b15272b7.html http://www.wwltv.com/ |