Or it could be that no one anticipated the gov. and mayor could be such bozos. Could be no one anticipated 25% of the city wouldn't have heeded the warnings. Could be that no one anticipated so many of that 25% would sit on a curb complaining the dropped drinking water was warm rather than walk up the street to shelters. Could be no one anticipated rescuers and doctors would be attacked.
it was his same police force as well as the sheriff's (orleans) that released many of the prisoners. prisoners helped with the chaos that you see. many of the officers turned in their badges in the second day. they had lost their property too and was not going to stand around and get shot at by the gangsta mentality that has existed in that city for decades.
No excuse from me for the cops leaving their post. But it does show you the respect these guys did not have for the chain of command.
The good news is, we are ALL going to pay for their incompetence. Their being from the police officer who left his post all the way up to the Mayor and the Governor. That is why the spin to blame the FED's has been going on for days.
Yes, they may have been slow to get there, because many roads had to be cleared. Logic however does not fit in blaming anyone but yourself.