There were 4 or 5 days notice on this thing and everyone knew it would be bad. This could have been coordinated better. Imagine the federal response to a catastrophic terrorist attack with no warning. We spend all this tax money on Homeland Security and FEMA and all this other $hi+ and they can't manage their way out of a paper bag, the blind leading the blind. Personally, I don't wish to rely on the government for anything beyond mintaining law and order and building roads, but as long as I am paying for it I expect to get reasonable value for all the tax money I send them and the role they have defined for themselves.
Think whats happening in New Orleans can't happen in your area? That city went from business and tourism center to Somalia in 48 hours. Watch what happens in other cities as gas prices hit $6-7 per gallon like they did in Atlanta this week. All transportation and supply lines will be affected. This isn't over by any means. Lock and load, you are responsible for protecting yourself and your family from the opportunists. Rant over.
I don't live in an area with 500,000 people, 6 feet below sea level and in a hurricane prone area.
Everybody knew that this was a situation of when a disaster would happen, not a situation of if.
My hearts go out to all the people who got caught in this disaster, but it's not like they didn't have any warnings decades before.
Hey, dude, billions of that money went to states and municipalities -- as it should have. It is not the fed government's fault that NO, La., screwed it up. They have known forever that this could happen. If the feds had said, "no, we'll take over planning for you," there would have been bloody hell to pay -- and rightfully so.
No, NOla has no one to blame but themselves.