[AmericanChef]

Not once did they mention local authorities. Would they prefer, then, that the feds ignore local authorities like they do? Oh, they'd be getting the vapors over that, too!

[Cincinatus' Wife]

...Not once did they mention local authorities.

From the editorial:

.....While the huge federal Department of Homeland Security was being created and money spent with abandon, no one had a plan for how to control a lawless city. After Hurricane Katrina hit, a third of the New Orleans police force disappeared. Federal authorities hesitated, as did state and local authorities, who had responsibility for the initial evacuation orders. ...