[Getsmart64]

I think your hypothesis is wrong. Presidents don't overrule Governors until it has gotten out of hand. I'm pretty sure by the time Bush flew over NO, he took it out of the Governors hands. And, hind sight is 20/20. It took quite awhile to figure out what happened and how to deal with it.

[GraniteStateConservative]

And, hind sight is 20/20. It took quite awhile to figure out what happened and how to deal with it.

Actually the National Weather Service declared Sunday morning what would happen when Katrina hit and they were totally right. This wasn't a case of bad intel. Bush declared an emergency Saturday. I'm suggesting that given the intel and the fact that Bush recognized the threat was imminent, that he didn't have a plan ready to activate as soon as Katrina hit, or that he decided not to activate it, which is odd since he knew the maroons he was dealing with in Nagin and Blanco, especially with the scope of the damage that would occur.