Sorry, came in a bit late in your discussion. Are you talking about how long it took for the Mayor to issue the evacuation order for New Orleans?
I understand 480,000 people are trying to get out of there right now. They better have both sides of the free open in the "get out of there" direction.
Yes, but that's only a part of it. They should have been talking about the possibility of issuing it late last week. It's not like this storm sneaked up on anyone.
I was arguing on Wednesday that the NHC had the track too far east going up the west coast of Florida. And when Katrina went southwest across the tip of Florida it was OBVIOUS that it was going to have a far more western landfall.
I'm not even beginning to suggest that they should have known last Wednesday that the city was in peril, but by Friday it was clear that there was only a chance that it would not be in peril.
And here it is, Sunday afternoon. The devastation will be underway within 12 hours.
Now they raise the alarm.