No offense, but I don't have time to read your posts over the last four days, but I will say this: what refugee camps could possibly be set up that wouldn't have been completely destroyed by the hurricane? In essence, the Superdome and the other 10 emergency shelters *were* the refugee camps, and with the whole city under water, that's about as far as it could go anyway. If you mean outside of New Orleans, well, FEMA was "on the line" well before the storm hit. I remember the director clearly stating "we are ready to handle the situation, whatever it is." Now I didn't take that to mean "everything will be okay," of course, but it did tell me that they did have everything in place to respond, whatever that was. And they are still saying that. So what gives with blaming it all on the city?
Because FEMA doesn't have anything at all to do with EVACUATIONS?
Baton Rouge would have been perfect as the refuge. Right next to the capitol, along with Alexandria, both of which were anticipated to be just outside the bubble, as of Sat Am. When a place is headed for destruction, one doesn't place folks in the bowl of the destruction. One gets them out, and does it with public assets, trains, planes, boats and buses, all of which were inoperative as of Sat AM. Then after the bullet was dodged, the deer in the headlights continued, from top to bottom. There was a lack of intensity. It was too slow. It is still too slow. The whole thing is criminal. Heads should roll.