It all seems rather strange that we go through hurricanes in Florida, South Carolina, Alabama, etc...and this one time that a hurricane finally hit Orleans...the world comes to an end for those there. And it seems rather strange that a huge number of residents in the city...just stayed...anticipating that life would be normal when they walked out of the SuperDome. And the dissent into lawlessness...strange as well...because you can go to Florida and various areas...and see only minimual looting after hurricanes. One gets the impression that Orleans was a issue before the hurricane hit...and it will be an issue after the hurricane.
I see nothing as GW's fault...and kinda wonder if Orleans is a gutter town to start with. It doesn't match up to Miami or Orlando...and probably doesn't even match up to Charleston. Oil made the town what it is today.
Notice that we don't hear as much about looting in Mississippi or Alabama, or even other parts of Louisiana.