[Enchante]

"She keeps stating that only she, as the Gov., has the ability to enforce a mandatory evacuation."

That's a key issue that needs to be thoroughly investigated in relation to the timeline of Sat.-Sun.-Mon-Tues. as the hurricane approached and passed through.... so the Mayor supposedly announced a "Mandatory Evacuation" of the city late on Sunday morning -- but according to Governor Blankhead's comments this week he had no authority to do such a thing. So attention needs to be intensely focused (for the first time) on what the Governor knew and when she knew it.... why didn't SHE order the mandatory evacuation and commandeer the 1,000-2,000 buses that would have been required? Her own post-hurricane emergency order shows she had the statutory authority to commandeer all buses in the state, for she does exactly that several days AFTER the storm. Why didn't she act BEFORE the storm when it could have made all the difference? Why didn't SHE ensure that existing emergency plans for both city and state were carried out?

[NoControllingLegalAuthority]

Arguing over who has authority to order a mandatory evacuation is a turf battle of egos as people are drowning.

[Arizona Carolyn]

It's pretty easy... Monday the 28th she went on CNN Larry King and basically indicated things were fine, the President was great, FEMA was wonderful... etc., it's all in the transcript from CNN.

[Yellow Rose of Texas]

Louisiana had nowhere to house the folks from New Orleans. That is why TEXAS had to step in and get them out of that mess.

The governor and mayor had to be aware of that little fact.

[ChadGore]

Wow . . you are sooo right!

[Hattie]

You can bet all the records, even from Baton Rouge, got lost in the storm. The media will say her NG was there in great numbers, blah blah blah, and Bush never did anything blah blah blah. I have no confidence in any commissions, hearings, any of their garbage.