Fact: most of the people at the superdome are poor. Most are minorities.
The govt. did not try to evacuate them at all. They just shoved them into the Superdome.
Of course the majority of people seeking emergency shelter are black. According to a recent census, blacks are the overwhelming majority in the city. Theater of the obvious?
Actually they are the majority in NOLA. We were there from 1959 ~ 1989. Betsy(in River Ridge):street flooding, no water or electricity for 2+ weeks.
You may find that "minority" contractors are favored and probably did the roof. I'll ask a family member(P.E. Civil Engineer) who stayed in NOLA, has worked there since 1982, and has mentioned the roof in previous storms. She left NOLA Friday as she knows what could happen.
BTW we have 3 families from Slidell, Mandeville, and Covington in our small three bedroom home 100 miles west of Houston(I had to step over children camped out on oour floor as I left for work this morning). The family from Slidell has 4 small children and they will probably go home to find nothing but a slab. Prayers for them and their children are welcome.