Lt. Gen. Carl Strock, just gave another press conference, on C-span. He just answered again. The Levees were designed for up to a category 3 only.
State officials have known this for years. It's a chance, when you live in hurricane zones. I just feel very strongly that these State Elected Officials should have had a preplanned evacuation plan and plan following a levee break before a hurricane even existed, years ago. They had knowledge there was always a chance of this happening. This way the amount of suffering could have been lessen. It's wrong, they didn't do enough for these people. It's not Monday morning quarterbacking. It is The State Officials preparing and thinking ahead on how to handle an emergency situation for their people.
Regardless we know this is a tragic disaster that has occurred to these people. And none of us want them in a suffering situation.
I am not disputing what you are saying... Yes, they did know it...Yes, they should have had a preplanned evacuation plan... Yes, they did know that one day this would happen.
But did they actually believe that this was the day. No, they didn't. For if they really believed that the levees would break and NO would die in a single night, then they would have handled things differently.
It was expected in theory and unexpected in reality. It is the reality I'm talking about and not the theoretical.
Example: I could die every time I get behind the wheel of my car. But, do I expect to die every time I get behind the wheel... No. Proof... I keep getting behind the wheel.