[cyncooper]

He should have been more ahead of the game in appealing to the LOCAL public particularly the residents of NO on Friday night before the hurricane for instance (instead of wasting his time on Blanco on Friday Night), the way he has been this time round with Rita. I really didn't make myself clear enough in my original comment.

By Sunday, with the national announcement, it was too late for many of them to leave.

He declared a state of emergency in Louisiana on Saturday. Whatever your problem is, perhaps you shouldn't be making public pronouncements without knowing the facts.

[TAdams8591]

Whatever your problem is you shouldn't be making statements without reading the posts.