[maryz]

The Superdome obviously did not have generator back up.

I've never heard of emergency generators that did more than light the exits sufficiently so people can find their way out. The Superdome had them -- until they were flooded out.

[ohioWfan]

Thanks for the info.....

So the bottom line is that the problem was an enormous hurricane and an unprecedented, devastating flood.

There were thousands crowded in a dark, unsanitary facility. Thousands that should have been evacuated from the city prior to the hurricane, but the city had no plan for that.

This was an enormous natural disaster. I wish that critics could keep that in mind as they lay blame on FEMA for not doing enough, soon enough.