Yes, and IMNSHO, a cold hearted murderous decision was made to roll the dice and risk the lives of their constituents in order to prevent the prying eyes of the Feds (if they had taken over) from looking at the goings on in NO. They would find out that the money dedicated to ramping up emergency and disaster preparedness was G-O-N-E without a trace, having never been used for its intended purpose.
Whenever I hear the race card played, I smell a thief.
makes the most sense of all.