The locals didn't call for evacuation until 10:00 am Sunday morning. They should have started 24-48 hours earlier. Traffic would have been manageable at that time.
My brother is in the medical field in northern LA. He is appalled that they didn't evacuate the hospitals on Friday or Saturday. He said many people in intensive care and newborns are probably dying because there is no power, etc, for their function.
What kind of hospital sitting in a KNOWN hurricane zone has no sort of emergency plan for something like this? They should all have at least a 14 DAY supply of diesel fuel, and generators and backup generators to prevent power from going out. These hospitals in NO are just as bad, if not worst, then the inept govt. officials who rule over LA.