[MarMema]

and talk about how Bush had to ask for the evacuation order of NO.

Blanco herself supported Bush to the media after her press conference ( video is on WWL site), and said he was the one who told her to begin the mandatory evacuation.

These people in charge locally were apparently completely clueless from the get-go.

[oceanview]

these facts will quickly be forgotten once the spin machine revs up (it has already).