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NYC had no warnings of the attacks, yet it was the NYPD and NYFD that were saving people in Manhattan, not the Feds.

New Orleans had at least three days warning and a PLAN in place that the Mayor could have consulted.

Are you implying that just because the Mayor was Black, he shouldn't have been held up to the same standards as Rudy Giuliani?

I didn't say, or imply, anything about race. I was responding directly to the statement that those who 'do the job right' don't get any attention.

But if you want to do the 9-11/Katrina compare and contrast, the NYPD and NYFD had a 98% intact city from which to respond, with electricity and communications and all of the other basic amenities of modern life. In addition, they were able to actually move around the city.

Rudy would've had a far more significant task in NOLA last week than he had on 9/11.

NYC had no warnings of the attacks, yet it was the NYPD and NYFD that were saving people in Manhattan, not the Feds. New Orleans had at least three days warning and a PLAN in place that the Mayor could have consulted. Are you implying that just because the Mayor was Black, he shouldn't have been held up to the same standards as Rudy Giuliani?

I didn't say, or imply, anything about race. I was responding directly to the statement that those who 'do the job right' don't get any attention. But if you want to do the 9-11/Katrina compare and contrast, the NYPD and NYFD had a 98% intact city from which to respond, with electricity and communications and all of the other basic amenities of modern life. In addition, they were able to actually move around the city. Rudy would've had a far more significant task in NOLA last week than he had on 9/11.

You both make good points. The biggest difference I can see is, on 9/11, Rudy ran towards the scene, where as when Katrina hit, Nagin ran away from the scene.