..sorta like Blanko's brain
1 Overwhelmed Governor
1 Incompent Mayor
1 Lyin' Parish Commissioner
1 Corrupt Levee Commission
1 City below sea level
A dollop of Welfare State mentality
Decades of political corruption
1 inevitable hurricane
Assemble all dry ingredients. Add hurricane and allow hurricane to mix all other ingredients well. Serve with a side of federal incompetence.