[fatnotlazy]

They had the resources to mitigate the disaster (busses, national guard troops), but they failed to apply them directly or efficiently.

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They also did nothing to stop the shooting and the looting either.

[Jeff Head]

That's where the governors need to apply the National Guard Troops properly comes in. She didn't and so the problem was not nipped in the bud on day one as it should have been.

See:

Important Lessons From Hurricane Katrina