"Did you see this?
"The state hurricane control center runs the entire operation. The LA governor delayed until Monday setting up her control center and did not hand out satellite phones to all the parrish control centers . so no communication to the key parrish in the south part of LA.
I should know I am involved in the hurricane operations in Brevard county FL. The marching orders come from the state capital not the feds!
We evacuated nursing home patients for katrina and the storm was 200 miles away !
The scoop I heard from FL officials was LA
governor's office was in inexperienced and in over there heads."
Yes, Ma'am. And it needs to be repeated.
One of the things we have going on here is that the people who are pontificating about HOW LONG IT TOOk, and I do mean those on this forum, are not in states that have ever dealt with a hurricane!