Look, this was entirely predictable. If a meteor hit and wiped out NO, they'd have an excuse for not planning for it. There is no excuse for this. They had days to get people out of town. They not only waited until the last minute to tell people to leave, they provided no means of escape for those who do not own vehicles or lacked the resources to leave. The Mayor knows very well there are a huge number of people who are dependent on public transportation. Do they have any buses in NO? School buses? They should have had a plan in place to get people out of that hellhole in advance.
That's flat-out wrong.