[maica]

 President Bush was begging Nagin and the LA governor Blanco to declare a state of emergency -- or perhaps it was that Bush was urging that New Orleans be evacuated. I think they even broadcast a clip of him saying so.

Yes he did. And before the storm hit, he also deployed US Navy support ships from the East Coast down to the Gulf of Mexico, so they could follow the storm into the Gulf, in order to be of assistance at the earliest opportunity. The media never shared that bit of info with the public.

FEMA reserved whole cruise ships to be used as emergency housing, and the residents of NOLA refused to go aboard to live there. They were not only stranded in New Orleans but picky as to their new digs. So the govt ate the cost of three months or so of entire cruise ship rentals.

[Tea Party Hobbit]

I remember the rented cruise ships that weren’t used. I don’t think I’d heard about President Bush sending Navy support ships.

[bvw]

Stories “Treme” leaves out. Showtime, baby.