If we all think back to the time Katrina was known to be heading for the mainland, but NOT known where she would hit precisely, there should have been lots of prep from ALL political groups in the to-be affected areas. From the Mayor's office and each step higher.
Because I certainly do know the difference between winds and flooding, having been in both, it does seem to me that the people in the area, could and should have had some concrete plans AHEAD of time. Evacuation, food and water supplies, and all the other etc's SHOULD have been planned for AHEAD of time.
New Orleans is mostly, if not all, entirely BELOW sea level.
The time for plans for a major disaster should have been done way ahead of the disaster, not after the fact.
To say the Mayor is incompetent and a doofus accomplishes nothing after the fact. Ditto the Governor. Those facts speak for themselves.
People still died because they were not prepared. Not only personally, but their own city and state were not prepared.
Obviously, the Feds, with the 9-11 Commission mandated "over committee, later named Homeland Security, wasn't prepared to let go all the little fiefdoms and have one person in charge. Bush was not for having a GIGANTIC new Department, and more channels to jump through when handling emergencies. But he was being "consolatory". Hillary and Liberman and others were VERY much for the GIGANTIC new Department.
Unfortunately, management by committee, has never been successful, IMO. This is yet another example of that. |
