[MarMema]

Agreed. I happen to believe I could have done far better than the people running the show (using that term loosely) in NO right now. Flame away. I don't care. I have had to punt and be creative in life-threatening situations. NO should have had access to top-level disaster people, with far more training than mine.

When I listen to a press conference (on WWL) and they spend half of it telling people things like "Your foodstamp cards have been electronically updated, don't worry", I am simply aghast at the ignorance of the people in charge.

[BurbankKarl]

That is the patronage system in New Orleans...