[kingu]

It's a shame they never made plans for a Mass evacuation, using public transportation and tent cities for these people to go to.

The tent cities would have had to be put up west of Houston or east of Pensecola, and if they really did try to do this, the ACLU would have likely gotten a court order forbidding it.

When this is all done with, our nation needs to take a serious look at our emergency system and actually put into place a series of enforceable laws to declare mandatory evacuations, to seize public and private transport to put those evacuations into effect, and the material to set up shelters for millions of people.

Woulda, coulda, shoulda - too late for this storm, but with the way the world is today, it won't just be for natural disasters that these systems need to be in place and ready to be used.

[spectre]

Good reply. Thanks :(

[independentmind]

Do you have any idea of how much money FEMA/Homeland Security has funneled to local and state governments around the country since 911 specifically for the purpose of emergency preparedness? It is inconceivable to me that more planning wasn't done in New Orleans. Someone made the decision that the underclass was expendable.