Aaaaah, isn't that sweet? I feel all warm and fuzzy inside. Puh-lease. 'Nice' would have been putting aside her fears of the public disapproval and going ahead with an orderly and early evacuation plan. A forced one. Nice would have been not caring if she was wrong and the storm missed them and folks complained. Nice would be taking the tough line and ordering people out whether they liked it or not and brushing off their negative comments. She's been anything but nice. And now the people are stranded and reacting to the stress and, boo hoo, she's 'overwhelmed'.
It is not sweet to allow her citizens to die of dehydration and starvation in New Orleans.