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.
The dirty little secret no one is mentioning is we are still in the middle of hurricane season. They get these people evacuated and another hurricane hits. Are they STILL going to say rebuild?