[frogjerk]

Nobody should be condemned to die of dehydration because they made a dumb mistake. Not if something can be done about it.

The "coulda, shoulda" game is for later.

You are correct, but the same people should not be crying that they did not get a "hot" meal...

[RasterMaster]

The "coulda, shoulda" game is for later.

Tell it to the media whores who are already claiming that Bush "has dropped the ball". They know who to look at when they want to hand out blame. Since all they get from LA 'leadership' is the "deer in the headlights" blank stare, they are more than willing to do the blame game to cover for the incompetence.