I was disappointed in one of my local radio hosts last week...Greg Knapp on KLIF was pretty much beating up on President Bush for his "lack of getting it done"...
After listening to Honore today...and others..I am convinced that there was no way of doing much more before Wed and Thursday...and wasn't Bush still trying to wrest control of the situation from the Gov. and Mayor at that time?
I think in light of new information, Knapp will be singing a different tune, even I in the beginning thought President Bush messed up, but as we are learning, he is doing the best he can, and he had to fight not only Katrina, but the corrupt Louisiana government.
AFAIK, formal lines of control still run through Blanco.