[plain talk]

police chief of Gretna, Louisiana, admitting that he closed off one of the major arteries out of New Orleans on Monday, before the storm hit:

Pathetic editing job on this story. The issue is not that they closed the bridge during the hurricane on Monday (which they always do) but they kept it closed after the hurricane. That's the story but you couldn't tell it from reading this.

[hlmencken3]

Good points.

And wouldn't the whole point of La emergency management plans be to cover these situations?

This area's had hurricane evacs before. No one noticed this 'til now? Very unlikely.

[Ditter]

I had a little trouble with the way they story is written too. Did they stop only the people walking out of the city or did they stop the cars too?