[joesbucks]

The failure belongs to everyone. State, local, and federal as well as those who chose not to leave but could.

How in the world can you tell people to go to a dome or convention center when it would be widely known that electricity would be nonexistant. Then how would water be pumped to fountains and toilets. This was simply short sited. Potable water needed to be on site and dispensed. Porta Johns should have been plentiful. Rations should have been shipped in before the storm hit. National Guards and Federal troops along with their equipment should have been waiting on the northern borders of those soon to be affected states ready to roll. Local law enforcement officials should have necessary fuel, water and rations. Hospitals should have been set up with back up generators for the back up generators. It was widely known this was going to be a very severe storm. 24-48 hours before it hit the Gulf Coast it was reported to be a cat 5 storm.

New Orleans is a zoo even on the best of days. The people who live on the margin everyday were given a situation that would have made even the most level headed to fall apart. Throw 10,000 Freepers in such a situation for almost a week without food or water and watch them turn on each other. Just watch how we sometimes treat other on threads, then throw us together without food and water and then add the heat and humidity of New Orleans and not knowing what, where or when things would get better.

[sodpoodle]

Throw 10,000 Freepers in such a situation for almost a week without food or water
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Sorry joesbucks, but 10,000 FReepers would have been heading North when Katrinia was a CAT 3 and 200 miles South of NO.

There would have been no need for all that equipment. FReepers are resourceful, self sufficient and not stupid.

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[Ruth C]

Supplies were ready and set up, staging areas were ready and set up. The Military CANNOT just go in. The National Guard units were ready. Unfortunately the Governor didn't have enough, because the Governor didn't call enough up, the mayor was off in another city, and lastly neither was reachable. What more can the Feds do? They declared a disaster BEFORE it happened so they could put the necessary equipment and supplies in place BEFORE the disaster....those things were there. But, they CAN'T go in without a request from the Governor.

So, find out where the Governor and Mayor were! Hmm, would that be in some meeting with lawyers and consultants figuring out how to cover their individual arses.