but they didn't get that now did they?
They got a day.
This all points to the ineptness of that Mayor and the Governor.
The hacks will seldom say smart things openly, which while wisdom for individuals is a "falacy in composition" (aka stupid for the unwashed masses). "It is manditory to leave if you're in your SUV, but for those walking, stay put - out of our way." No hack would say to all with only hours to spare, RUN!" because hundreds of thousands would die in the streets. Hacks STATEMENTS wait until it's too late.
New Orleans is a suicide bowl. Elsewhere along the Gulf Coast is only a few feet above calm seas.
Why in HELLo wait when any thinking person can understand NOAA's warnings to evacuate inland?
Thousands of fools and some plain unlucky died and shall continue to die because of their lack of self-preservation. Common sense is so uncommon these days.
Have Americans learned anything?