Blanko and Nagin, are they still speaking? They are to blame but the feds compounded the problem. Something this huge is not the time for restraint. The federal government is charged with protecting its citizens. It's in the Constitution. I think there were failures at many levels. Living in a hurricane prone area and while we are at war, I'm getting my own supplies and maybe everyone in hurricane prone areas need to take survival classes. However, I don't live in a bowl.