So in a track relay do you look to the fourth leg as reason they didn't finish after the third leg drops the baton? NOLA had some basic responsibilities for a risk they had both long term knowledge of and resources to cope with for a period of time. They were to evacuate their citizens, move those who were unable to evacuate to secure, stocked shelters where they could be sustained for 3-5 days and maintain civil order.
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French Quarter forges on with stubborn hearts
'We're not helpless,' says cleanup crowd
By Bruce Nolan
Staff writer
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Watford, his companion, Ashley McCoy, and a few friends swept leaves and branches accumulated from Hurricane Katrina and dumped them in city trash barrels. The place looked parade-ground perfect.
"It's our neighborhood. We're not helpless," Watford said. "We can fix it ourselves. We don't have to wait for anybody."
Watford and McCoy rode out the hurricane two blocks away on Dumaine Street, and three days ago they began sweeping there, out of pride and a desire to kill the boredom.
"You should see where we live," Watford said. "Our street looks like nothing ever happened."
On Saturday, they swept St. Anne and St. Peters streets flanking Jackson Square; Sunday was for the Place John Paul.
That's the bottom line and they failed.