[kingu]

He should have if he thought it would make a real difference.

Tuesday AM we had a clue how big it was - evacuate the remaining citizens in New Orleans, deal with a flooded area big enough to be a great lake, and storm surge and wind damage area large enough to cover England. He should have done it then, but I think it'll come out that the initial assessments provided by local authorities indicated that most people evacuated, most that didn't were in relative safety (on dry land) and that the biggest and saddest action item would be recovery of remains.

[Torie]

My real concern is before the storm. We dodge a very big bullet when the storm weakened and took a turn at the last possible moment. After, we "just" subjected folks to agony and rape and discomfort, and no doubt a few extra deaths, and needless massive property damage, due to an extra four day delay. At least, that is how it panned out.