Despite my extreme distaste for Buchanan, he makes one point here that is hard to argue against.
He notes that those who were self-reliant survived this disaster. In that, he is absolutely correct. Those who rely on the government to protect them in extreme circumstances are likely to be disappointed, as we've seen.
Had I lived in New Orleans, I would have left the city on Friday and would have been at my 80-year-old parents home in California on Sunday afternoon, where I would stay until it was safe to return. But that's me. I'm not one to stay in a place where a natural disaster is predicted to occur in two or three days.
And a broken clock is right twice a day.