You know, you can make apologies for the mayor if you want. It is OBVIOUS to anyone who watched this that the mayor (and the governor) were paralyzed with indecision. When you have to be TOLD to order an evacuation you are not providing leadership. And there was NO plan to help poor people get out of town. They could have had all sorts of plans...school busses, shared rides, heck, they could have put them on boats and gone north on the Mississippi!
It is a disgrace and I remain angry at the incompetence which is obvious, if you ask me.