I'm not sure this is at all accurate. I have read that the Bush administration contacted Blanco on Friday evening and requested that she allow FEMA to take over the evacuation and relief effort. She refused, saying that to allow them to control the effort would be like declaring federal martial law and she compared it to sending troops into Iraq.
I'm not going to do your homework for, but I think that you had better go back and do a little checking.
Eva you are exactly correct.
Plus, there is a lot that seems to be left out.
What did the local television news people report about the storm? For instance, people I've talked to have said they downplayed both the severity of the storm and the likelihood that it would hit New Orleans.
When did they shut down the city buses? I've heard noon Sunday. This is significant because many people thought they could get rides on the buses to the edge of the city. Some of them connect to other bus lines. In any event, they could have used them to bus people out of town.
Why were there no banks of porta-potties for the "shelters"? Everyone knows the power goes out during a storm, and this was a hurricane. When the power goes out, the pumps that send water to flush-toilets go out too. The sewer the shelters became were an inevitability without portapotties or SOME alternate solution. People "gotta go."
There's a lot more, but these are some items that might have been added.
I'm glad to have all information. If you have the info, why would you not share it instead of slapping a person who provided what they had? Do we pay coffee260 for this work?
Oops, good thing I'm not doing the research. That was Rick that did the time-line.