we will, of course shortly be moving into the lawsuit phase, where those who remained behind will sue anyone they can think of, NOLA city, po-leece, army corps of engr's, federal government, the tobacco industry, ford motors, power company, phone company, etc, seperately and together because someone has to be blamed, and it, of course could not have been the po' folk (and their lawyers, who of course are assisting out of the goodness of their hearts - and a 'small' fee). those that left will come home to find they've been wiped out, either by the weather or looters.
i tend to agree with danny, if they'd started walkin' towards high ground they'd been better off. they can carry babys & walk, of course cain't carry a TV at the same time. they did have a choice, they did not heed instructions. if they were too sick or elderly, where were their families & neighbors? hate to say it, but there are always casualties, and there is no way that everyone can be helped in situations like this.
if you want to give dictatatorial powers to the govt. and pay 90% taxes to pay for men & equipment to wait on standby with fuel, water, and food along with tanks, armoured cars etc, response times could be lowered, but when the railroads, fuel systems and even the roads are gone, even an air-drop would take time to organise & that which could have been set up in the first few days would have been a drop in the ocean, especially when they're being fired on by gangs of sharks.
i used to live in NOLA, not too far from lake ponchartrain, but that was late '60's when it was still safe to walk around at nite almost anywhere in the city. i was also there for the last big one, i was in the coast guard on active duty at the time so i had to stay. all my civvie friends who could headed up north asap before it hit.
