Why oh why wasn't there a planned shutdown of the electric grid before the hurricane hit? Repeated references to live wires severely hampering rescue efforts.
I don't want to jump ahead too much out of emotion, but I am really starting to consider that in the end some sort of prosecution of the mayor and his predecessors might be warranted. If nothing else, hearings. This disaster had been predicted for decades, yet they claimed that they had plenty of plans in place. I fully understand how difficult it is after a horrid hurricane, that no amount of planning can overcome, but there appears to be some really poor decisions, or lack of decisions, made before this hit. 20 police officers trapped on the roof because they were sent home to wait for a shift change, but not given a boat.
I am sure they could kill the grid to the city any time they wanted to. They can do it from outside the city. I don't understand this.
This disaster was predicted five days ago on this very site.
By you and a lot of other people.
Could the grid have remained operational due to the levee pumps?
If there's gas bubbling up, I hope none of those live wires can start a fire.