It's hard to understand what is going on down there. What are the criminals thinking? Why is it so difficult to get food and water to people? Why is there seemingly no organization to these efforts?
It's such an unimaginable situation. Is it because LA is filled with incompetent leaders? Or is it because the scope of the disaster is so huge?
The other thing I am wondering...Are the reporters on location stranded there like everyone else? Or do they come in to do their reports and then get flown to safety?
Those are the ultimate questions, aren't they? It's probably some of both. But, living in NO, knowing the risk that city was at for something like this, they should have been prepared for the absolute worse case scenario, just by virtue of where the city is located. I keep hearing "no one could have predicted the magnitude". That's BS IMO. A category 5 has ALWAYS been possible. They seem to have been just riding on luck, rather than brains.
It's both. Scope and incompetence. But we haven't had many rehearsals for destruction of this scale.
I mean if they have buses available now, why weren't those buses mobilized BEFORE the hurricane came on shore? They had 24-48 hours to mobilize them before disaster struck. And the Superdome--why in the world was it not set up to provide--in case of an emergency--water and sanitation to thousands? Portapotties could serve when toilets or sewers back up--so have them stored near if not on that facility
Same with water--if a bus can get to the SD to transport people out--why couldn't have buses been sent in the day after the hurricane filled with water--and food?
These are many basic commom sense things that I can think of--and if I can think of them, why did not the people responsible for the well-being of their constituents think of them? Before disaster struck?