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THE SOUTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO.
THE PRESIDENT WAS BRIEFED ON
EFFORTS UNDER WAY TO PREPARE
AHEAD OF ANY IMPACT FROM THE
STORM AS WELL AS THE EXTENSIVE
RESOURCES FEMA ALREADY HAS ON
HAND ALONG THE GULF COAST.
FEMA, THROUGH ITS REGIONAL
OFFICES, HAS BEEN IN TOUCH WITH
STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS IN THE
GULF STATES AND STANDS READY TO
ASSIST OUR STATE AND LOCAL
PARTNERS AS NECESSARY.
BASED ON APPLICABLE LEGAL
REQUIREMENTS AND CONSISTENT WITH
ITS CONTINGENCY PLAN, FEMA HAS
BEGUN TO RECALL CURRENTLY
FURLOUGHED EMPLOYEES NECESSARY
TO SERVE FUNCTIONS OF THE AGENCY
THAT PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY
AS THEY PREPARE FOR POTENTIAL
LANDFALL FOR TROPICAL STORM
KAREN OR OF TROPICAL STORM
KAREN.
THIS MORNING, FEMA REACTIVATED
THE HURRICANE LIAISON TEAM
EMBEDDED WITH THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER IN MIAMI.
THE PRESIDENT DIRECTED HIS TEAM
TO ENSURE THAT FEDERAL RESOURCES
AND PERSONNEL NEEDED TO SUPPORT
STATE AND LOCAL PREPARATION
EFFORTS ARE AVAILABLE AND ON THE
JOB.
THE PRESIDENT DIRECTED HIS TEAM
TO KEEP HIM APPRAISED AS TO
WEATHER CONDITIONS CHANGE.