1. Governor Blanco did not ask for Federal help for a number of days after New Orleans. Apparently she was hysterical for a good part of the time.
2. Billions had been sent to Louisiana over the previous decades in order to maintain and enlarge the levee system in New Orleans. The money was spent elsewhere. A big scandal that the MSM downplayed.
3. A lot of the NO policemen left town, leaving it wide open to looters and bad guys.
4. The Dome issue was mostly MSM fantasy.
5. Nagin was one of the worst mayors of all time. He had no idea what to do, leaving his constituents in the water trying to survive.
On the bright side:
1. Coast Guard helicopters were flying through the tail of the hurricane in 40-45 mph winds (their limit is 45 mph) pulling people off of rooftops. Kudos to the Coast Guard.
2. When Honore came into town with troops it quieted down dramatically. And successful emergency work began immediately.
3. Houston, with Federal help, helped house people for a few months. Most went back but some have stayed.
The problem was the levees. The hurricane did not hit NO, just the tail of it. If it had hit indirectly it would have been much worse.
Hurricane + Blanco + Nagin = a real live disaster.
5. Nagin refused to use the SCHOOL BUSSES to evacuate people because THEY DID NOT HAVE AIR CONDITIONING !!!! About the lamest story I have ever heard!!!
Then he tried to say the school busses were NOT ready to be used...
Which was a bold faced lie because school was to start on Monday & the busses were all filled with gas & ready to be used for school the following day.