To say that they were telling nola residents to evac a week before is incorrect. I agree with some of the rest you say. However to be fair some things must be considered. Blanco had really just got into office. To be fair one must ask why the Former Gov who was in office for 8 years doesnt receive some blame.
There were threads on FR about that cane at ~5-6 days before. I looked at them and noted the feds were telling NO the cane looked threatening to them. It's up to the locals what to do.
"Blanco had really just got into office."
The LA emergency services were in place. The job of gov is over her head.
"To be fair one must ask why the Former Gov who was in office for 8 years doesnt receive some blame."
He does depnding on the state of the emergency services.
Still, NO is on the water and folks that live there should take responsibility for their own. The levy break was caused by experts who failed to actually know the structure of the ground below. Never mind it was a "misprint", they had no hands on knowledge. Probably didn't want to dip their tie in the water.