[Trust but Verify]

How so? How is that flat-out wrong?

[Coop]

1) I'm in Virginia, and I knew close to 72 hours out that Katrina was heading straight toward New Orleans (with of course no guarantee that it would maintain its current course). Obviously someone did something right concerning tracking AND getting warnings out.
2) There were reports of bus service being provided by the city for the poor a good day and a half to two days before the storm hit.

[Just A Nobody]

How is that flat-out wrong?

The "vacationing" President called for the evacuation a couple days ago.