Bush had to tell the governor to evacuate. A teen had to confiscate a bus over the mayor's inaction. Now the head of FEMA is claiming he didn't know there were people suffering at the dome. Idiots all.
Yes, idiots and criminals as far as I'm concerned. People who have been through hurricanes, or even heavy storms, know the power will go off. When the power goes off, there will be no lights, and worse, there will be no water pumping--i.e., no toilets will flush. Yet, knowing they were going to put thousands of people into the "shelters," no one thought to haul banks of porta potties to handle the inevitable.
It gets worse. No one thought to send stockpiles of bottled water to the shelters--the people were told to bring their own, and apparently, few of them had enough common sense to do that. They brought cokes, which only INCREASE thirst.
I could go on, but I'll spare you. This was two disasters--one of management, and the other courtesy of Ma Nature.