[areafiftyone]

Yup. They did not implement the evacuation. They let people stay there.

[jdm]

"Yup. They did not implement the evacuation. They let people stay there."

The Governor and Mayor should be tried for murder.

[Huck]

They were so clearly warned years in advance, and then with Katrina herself, days in advance. Plenty of time to evacuate people. I think you still would have seen a horrible mess. Look at Mississippi. It was still going to be a brutal mess. But the mass of refugees from NO could have been better handled. It's bizarre, because the threat was there, but I personally wasn't keenly aware that the city of NO was at risk of this type of event. I simply wasn't aware. I am sure it's very shocking to a lot of people. It's the most shocking thing I've seen since 9-11. And Mississippi looks to be real bad off too.

[HarleyLady27]

Not only that, but they didn't care about their people. They didn't care that they were sleeping on concrete bridges with no food, water, diapers for the babies....they simply didn't care about anything or anyone but themselves.

I hope when New Orleans and LA. get it put back together, and these people come back to their home land, they run them two out on a rail....

I have seen cattle treated better than the gov and mayor treated these people, and to me, its an outrage!!!!

[CyberAnt]

And .. they had a gazillion school busses sitting there which could have moved the people out of that area - but the Mayor wouldn't use them because they didn't have bathrooms. Well .. you can hose out the bus of pee and feces easier than you can dead bodies.

[Dad yer funny]

yuppers , it appears the BIG talkin' point is, "folks didn't have the $$$$ to leave"

[tutstar]

There's a thread with a better pic that has a lot more buses but I can't find it. They could have used all the school buses to get people out of the city ahead of the storm...

Nagin, Blanco, what was your plan?