Unbelievable, so with that happening at the local level, is anyone surprised that FEMA looks like it's chasing its own tail?
I myself at first couldn't believe that one governor and one mayor could have been completely responsible for the ineptness of the situation. However, as the facts have began to come out, it appears that they are largely to blame.
I saw an incredible exchange on CNN between one of their reporters on the scene and the commentator. I'll paraphrase here as accurately as I can remember. Went something like this.
Reporter: crime, lawlessness, blah blah blah, and it didn't help that 2/3rds of New Orleans PD were disengaged from duty.
Commentator: Could you explain that last part, I mean why were 2/3rds of the police not doing their jobs?
Reporter: Well, some of them had lost their homes, some couldn't get to work, and a lot of them just threw up their hands and said screw it.
The reporter didn't use those exact words of course, in fact it was something much more innocuous sounding, likely something scripted by the NO CYA task force. But the commentator luckily asked for a more accurate description of what had really happened.