New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin placed on suicide watch in wake of Hurricane Katrina
NEW ORLEANS “He looks stoned to me.” He looks like a man who can't decide whether to run away or stuff his head in the oven!” Comments like these were heard all over Louisiana as New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin made statements on TV in the midst of still-rising waters in the Big Easy.“I just don’t know why this Hurricane Katrina thing hit here. I don’t know what to do about those big holes in the levees. Being a mayor of a city at a time like this is hard work. I really can’t blame all those folks who are looting now; they need food and water and I don’t have a clue how to get it to them. I'm scared I just don't know what to do!"
Asked about the Super Dome, Mayor Nagin said, “Look, stuffing tens of thousands of people into a huge building with a fabric roof seemed like a good idea when the hurricane was coming. We knew there would be no sanitation, food, or water available there and that the whole thing could flood, but it seemed like a good idea at the time. Looking back, I guess I should not have been smoking that big bag of weed when that decision was made.”
He did look stoned on monday.
That said; have any media wonks inquired about the 'disaster plan' that was prepared for New Orleans - what model they followed - or if they have shared it with anyone else. . .
I mean, the Mayor/city did have a 'diaster plan'. . .right?
We knew after 9/11; that Mayors are really important; and we should remember that as we vote.