Reply #16: Sorry, but I agree with the poll.... [View All]

Flame me if you want, I don't care.

The government new that this could happen, and the locals new this could happen as well.

True * diverted the NO flood wall $ for his war in Iraq, and if he hadn't the area still would have been toast, because the project would not have been completed in time for Katrina.

The government screwed up by not having a timely rescue plan. And in my opinion the local city government, state government and federal government are all to blame for not having an evacuation plan.

I don't think they could have evacuated everyone in NO before Katrina hit, but it seems to me that their plan was for everyone to simply drive north. What kind of plan is that?

What about the people with no cars? What about the people in nursing homes and hospitals?

Why did they close the airports on Sunday, when they could have used the planes to get people the hell out of Dodge?

Did the bus companies simply leave buses their to be destroyed by Katrina, or did they drive them out of their empty?

I feel that the local authorities could have been better prepared to get more people out of their before Katrina hit. I saw the tape of the mayor of NO. He simply urged everyone to evacuate. If they had a plan it would have been more like: "I have instituted the emergency evacuation plan to commence immediately." The plan would have been to large for he mayor to accomplish on his own, but he should have been the first to start such a plan. Then the state government and federal government should have stepped in to help.

Home land security should have evacuation plans set in place for every major US city in the United States. IF the Federal government did not have a plan for NO, then the mayor should have done what he could. To just say everyone evacuate, you are on your own is absurd.

In the months to come I'm sure a lot of the questions will be asked and answered.