I'm not trying to blame anyone for the storm. I've been throught dozens of false alarms. I live in a coastal city that has never, in recorded history, suffered a direct hit. Nevertheless, every time a storm gets close, people evacuate the beaches and board up their homes.
The problem with NOLA is it's unique vulnerability to complete destruction. Something known for decades. I'm disturbed at reports of hundreds of school busses and police cars left in areas likely to be flooded. I'm disturbed at the lack of preparations for shelters.
If plans had been made and failed, that's one thing, but I don't see any evidence that the storm was taken seriously.
The notion that they only had 24 hours notice is a lie.
I agree, I have seen video and pictures of those busses, when I saw them, I thought to myself, what a friggin CRIME it was that they were unused.
We were massively unprepared for this, and I think this actually shows a vulnerability of all major urban cities to a disaster.