Thanks, very interesting article. So even as far back as last year with IVAN they knew that they had a poor evacuation plan that would cost a lot of lives.
Well...if you want to analyze the "plan"...I think you have to start with the levee decision...good to Cat 3, fails at Cat 4.
That puts hard limits on everything a plan must encompass.
With that in mind, no, the city wasn't ready, even on paper for a cat 4. Cat 3?
Not so clear.