[TASMANIANRED]

Their evacuation plan was non existent.

Their evacuation plan was get out on your own.

They know where every school in the state is. Most of them have gyms.

They could have bussed out 100-200 people to each of those gyms 100 miles inland and left the city empty.

Mayor failed. Governor does not appear to have put the National Guard on alert prior to the storm.

Both of them sat on their butts and waited for the feds to do it all..

[MizSterious]

"Their evacuation plan was non existent."

There was one, but it was out of date, and worse, was a 72-hour evacuation plan. By the time the mayor and governor got around to ordering it, there were only about 40 hours left before the hurricane hit. I suspect the plan, such as it was, was also sketchy and didn't cover much.

I'm sure the mayor and governor had lots more on their minds than a mere public safety concern like evacuating people ahead of a killer hurricane--like, for instane, how could they get their hands on more of that GRAFT?

[sweet_diane]

"Mayor failed. Governor does not appear to have put the National Guard on alert prior to the storm. Both of them sat on their butts and waited for the feds to do it all.."

They were in denial that this huge storm would track their way. Let the good times roll and all that jazz.