[marajade]

The real problem is red tape either at where the local level ends and the federal level begins.

[Arizona Carolyn]

I just read an article In the Daily News (on Drudge) that amazed me. The police were given the day of the storm off:

And how's this for preparation? Cops were told not to work on the day Katrina hit, one officer told The New York Times, but "to come in the next day, to save money on their budget."