Glad to hear that they tried to get people to shelters, but it sounds like they need to fire their disaster planners.
Why weren't the city buses working, BTW?
The Oceanologist who spoke had been forecasting what would happen if a category V hit NO for some years...He was quite knowledgeable and apparently people in position WERE listening to him. He kept emphasizing that many of the shelters were NOT safe for the stronger hurricanes of if the levies broke, that to use them would just invite MAJOR catastrophes. He gave the statistics on how many people didn't drive in the city, the problems with transportation That it would take up to a week to evacuate ALL the people who needed help. He reiterated the generally "doom" that a Cat V would produce.......
Very knowledgeable and his voice sounded very shaky (almost in tears) by the time he finished.....Thank God his prediction did not come true and that prayers were answered....Maybe it will be a wake up call for NOLA.