Originally Posted by justabubba

a couple of questions in response to this:

who would have driven the buses taking the many NO residents out of harm's way? trying to figure out who was available to do so and was not already committed to spending the remaining time before landfall looking after their own families
possibly more importantly, where would they have taken them? as i recall the motels were filled far inland ... and who would have absorbed that expense ... and what cities presently have contingency plans to handle all of the arrangements necessary to mobilize and fund such a massive evacuation?
the point i am trying to make is you imply that the NO community leaders screwed up by not busing the residents ... but how reasonable an effort was that to assume the city should have been prepared to undertake.
i am not defending most of the elected leaders, who were predominately democrats, as they are a sorry lot ... but one should not expect the unreasonable, even had competent people been at the helm
in stark contrast, being prepared for such contingencies is exactly FEMAs mission and that federal agency blew it. good job brownie