[coffee260]

Well done Rick

[backhoe]

FYI- haven't taken a close look at this ( or the other one,

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1476694/posts ) yet.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1476694/posts ) yet.

[hophead]

Here is the site of the State of Louisiana's "Emergency Operations Plan".
http://www.loep.state.la.us/plans/EOPSupplement1b.pdf
http://www.loep.state.la.us/plans/EOPSupplement1a.pdf

You need only read from page 7 to about 16 to see who is responsible for this mess. It is the Parish Presidents and the other local and state elected officials.
Do not blame anyone until you read this!!!

[RTINSC]

Nagin is quoted as saying " I didn't use the schoolbuses to evacuate because they didn't have toilets"..

No snack lunch either.

[rimmont]

9-11: Major failure of government

Border Crisis: Major failure of government

Hurricane Katrina: Major failure of government

We have a problem.

[Tanniker Smith]

It's all Bush's fault. He should've been there sooner. He should've been standing on the levee in the face of the hurricane, stretched to the wind to prevent the force of nature from harming the city.

Oh, no, wait, that was a comic book.

[krunkygirl]

Great post! and bump

[Peach]

What a fantastic timeline. Just fantastic.

[Redbob]

Great job! I'm saving a copy of this for friends and neighbors who want to blame the FedGov for this!
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"I need troops, man. I need 500 buses.” Nagin said.

I'll show you a picture of where your buses are, you pea-brained fork-off!

If you'd used them to get people out, you would have saved the buses as well!

[jimtorr]

Another bump for reality versus spin.....

[rottndog]

Great resource. Thanks.

[Texas_Jarhead]

Very informative and interesting read. Way to go TP.

[Desert_Girl]

Thank you so much, and bump.

[Eva]

I'm not sure this is at all accurate. I have read that the Bush administration contacted Blanco on Friday evening and requested that she allow FEMA to take over the evacuation and relief effort. She refused, saying that to allow them to control the effort would be like declaring federal martial law and she compared it to sending troops into Iraq.

I'm not going to do your homework for, but I think that you had better go back and do a little checking.

[Hushpuppie]

Ping

[pipecorp]

Nice job!. However, you missed the mayor's order to commandeer all buses immediately and evacuate the elderly and infirm 24 hr prior to katrina's arrival. ...He didn't?...Bad mayor, bad mayor.

[Alia]

bookmark.

[Ursus arctos horribilis]

Self evident from the TL that state and local officials fiddled around, until New Orleans drowned.

[jonno]

bump

[Mike Darancette]

He advised anyone planning to stay there to bring there own food, drinks and other comforts such as folding chairs, as if planning to go camping. “No weapons, no large items, and bring small quanties of food for three or four days, to be safe,” he said.

It would seem that NO had little in the way of supplies for the multitudes in the Superdome and nothing for those in the Convention Center.

[doug from upland]

Nagin said late Saturday that he’s having his legal staff look into whether he can order a mandatory evacuation of the city,
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WHAT!

The Category 4 or 5 is sitting off the coast and this guy starts asking questions a day and a half before it hits as to whether he can force an evacuation?