"State of La has worked very hard to prepare for this type of scenario. No matter how hard you plan, how hard you try...and sometimes it is difficult. The people here I have worked with for many years have done a yeoman's job, no sleep, etc....I met with fema this morning - we had a (yes that is not a typo) excellent meeting, we're going to work as a team."
Witt when asked why there were no communications in NO.
ROFLMAO........Chertoff just told a reporter the kind of question he just asked would be ruled "argumentative in court"......
"I don't like politics, it just takes you off-task"
So I guess that explains why this DINGBAT just hired Witt???
Fact: State of La. was told by Homeland Security based on terror drills and disaster study that roughly 100,000 people would NOT leave the city given advanced warning of an impending disaster.
Fact: Nagin had busses go throughout the city offering transportation to those without it prior to the storm hitting.
Fact: Gonzales, La.-Already a group of "refugees" have gone to the local mall and incited a riot.
Fact: Baton Rouge is requesting more police due to the large number of new transplants now on the street.
Fact: No one here knows what logistical difficulties were and are being faced. No one here knows the thought processes, decision processes and circumstances surrounding same, were and are.
Fact: There are far too many posters here who "assume" the rest of us give a s#%*t about how they think they could have done better.