Ny earlier comment:
The decision by NOLA local government (Mayor Nagin) to save the buses instead of deploying them to evacuate the "poor", the infirm, those needing help, etc. with a category 5 hurricane approaching, has been a a major factor contributing to the chaos and has lead to many unnecessary deaths. The photos of the undeployed buses sitting in 4 feet of water a half mile from the Superdome tells a terrible story. Why do we not see these photos on the media and why are reporters not questioning this? Someone obviously made a decision that keeping the buses safe by not deploying BEFORE the hurricane would not risk damaging them so they could be used AFTER the storm hit, to evacuate those who weren't dead (as well as keeping the tourist cash flow, if the hurricane misses.). New Orleans has NEVER deployed their buses to evacuate the "poor" and helpless before any hurricane. They gamble to save their preciuos buses, and now, lose lives because of it. Criminal. And everyone is blaming Bush.
I wouod think in a CAT 5 storm removing the buses from the city would have been the smart thing to do. Now, of course, filling them with needy people might be too smart for them to handle.
Why hasn't anyone in the MSM asked why the Mayor didn't make certain the Retirement homes were evacuated? I heard that they found one on Saturday with 80 dead people. Obviously the staff took off and left these old people to die. Shouldn't someone be accountable for that -- or are they going to blame THAT on Bush, too.