I heard the mayor say another week in the Dome too. Now the Governor says they have to be relocated immediately. And after telling people to get to the Dome, they were turned away.
This is the most infuriating incompetence I've ever seen. Starting last Friday and getting worse and more dangerous each day.
I haven't posted it, but my thoughts are exactly what you just said.
The New Orleans and Louisiana "leaders" appear clueless and overwhelmed. I can understand being physically overwhelmed with too much water but they appear to have no direction and no way to put plans into action. It appears they had no real plan of action in case this happened.
Last night, the NO Mayor told Larry King that they were not "overwhelmed". I guess he hasn't seen the wholesale looting while NO police stand there and watch them.
FOr the life of me, I cannot understand why the Mayor is not pushing hard the total evacuation of the city. That should be the NUMBER ONE priority of everything else right now.
1 - Save lives.
2 - Prevent disease by evacuating populace.
3 - Secure the city and prevent unauthorized entry.
Those things have NOTHING to do with fixing the breaches in the levees. The Corps of Engineers and city officials charged with the Levees can work that seperately.