In all fairness, the government is expected to help EVERY place that gets whacked, not just the yo-yos who decided to stay in New Orleans. There was a LOT of the Gulf Coast that needed help. New Orleans was just the easiest place for the media to concentrate on. It was encapsulated, full of "oh, woe is me types", and the antics of the locals provided all of the sound bytes that any MSM could possibly want.
Mississippi, Alabams, Arkansas, and Texas all ASKED FOR HELP FIRST. Louisiana waited three days before doing so. The federal government is required to wait until the governor asks for federal help. It's just the way it is.
While we carp about the levees, remember that the tens of millions of dollars that NO's Levee Commission received from the feds, and the state, bought them two riverboats for gambling. Obviously, they gambled, and lost.
There is also the fact that the levees themselves were designed to hold against a given catagory of hurricane, with the marsh's in the Gulf in front of NO intact. NO has been "reclaiming" that land for decades, despite warnings that this would allow the storms free reign should they follow the path of Katrina.
Forget about the buses. The old plan would have had the buses moved to high ground, then used for evacuation. When the storm hit, Nagin moved to high ground, and evacuated. The buses drowned. What would change now?
Mississippi, Alabams, Arkansas, and Texas all ASKED FOR HELP FIRST. Louisiana waited three days before doing so. The federal government is required to wait until the governor asks for federal help. It's just the way it is.
While we carp about the levees, remember that the tens of millions of dollars that NO's Levee Commission received from the feds, and the state, bought them two riverboats for gambling. Obviously, they gambled, and lost.
There is also the fact that the levees themselves were designed to hold against a given catagory of hurricane, with the marsh's in the Gulf in front of NO intact. NO has been "reclaiming" that land for decades, despite warnings that this would allow the storms free reign should they follow the path of Katrina.
Forget about the buses. The old plan would have had the buses moved to high ground, then used for evacuation. When the storm hit, Nagin moved to high ground, and evacuated. The buses drowned. What would change now?
