It was up to the Local and state officials to have an evacuation plan and Enforce it. THEY Didn't
The stupid Mayor Released the prisoners into the Superdome with the other Refugees and we see how that backfired. They took the Regular people to the Bathrooms and raped and pillaged them and stole thier clothes so tehy could fit in with the Crowd.
FEMA Reacted Monday Nite as was Requested But they were getting shot at so they had to stop. The coast Guard was rescuing people as soon as the winds dropped below 45 MPH. Thier was no way to drop in Food and Supplies with the Water still rising.
The Feds have spent 500-700 million a day on the Rescue and relief missions.
The idiot Mayor of NO and the Governor of LA would not make all the people leave the City knowing the Levies would ONly withstand a Category 3 Hurricane. They had a week to evacuate the people. As soon as it hit FLA and got back in theGulf the NWS issued a statement that said the Hurricane would stregthen and Be heading or the Mouth of the Mississippi. Since they didn't do thier Jobs it is the Fault of the Federal Government in thier Eyes.
This is the worst natural disaster to ever hit the US....This is not like 9/11.....it is totally different. During 9/11 you could call the guys across town to come help out in the the Police, fire, etc... Not in this. In this you have 10 million + people in over 3 states Displaced and 50 Miles in from the Coast is leveled for the most part. It takes time to move people in. It is not like you can goto Galyen's and Buy a Liferaft and a Generator...EVERYTHING IS GONE..
The looters should have been shot on the spot unless they were getting food, water, diapers, etc....the necessaties of Life. The People scream Racist and that the white people don't care about them...But that is an excuse for the Local Gov't lack of preparedness and Evacuation. They state that Most of the people that are stranded are Black......No Fvcking shit.....67% of New Orleans is Black.....you figure out the percentags.
Yes NO would still be under water But you wouldn't have 50k stranded on Rooftops. Why not use all the Gov't Vehicles, School buses, Greyhounds, etc to get these people to Higher ground?
? Not one of these options was used and it was in the Army Corps of Engineers Evacuation Guide for NO and the local and State Govt Ignored it.
People also forget that Congress was in recess until after the Holiday Tomorrow and Once Fema's money was gone they had to wait til Enough of Congress got back to Washington DC (dirtrict of Communists) to Vote to release the 10.5 Billion dollar aid that is on top of what was in the FEMA Coffers.
The Local Gov't is so Inept that over 200 Cops have quit and more are expected to. THe Local Govt has always been Inept Race whores who keep thier Own Black people down to stay in Power (the jesse jackson Model of success). The government has always been corrupt Hence the Name "the Big easy"
I could keep going but you get the point.
IT IS A MAJOR TRAGEDY.....BUT BLAMING THE FEDS IS NOT RIGHT