[Tatze]

Good find. Of course, this is Bush's fault too. But with evacuation procedures like that, it's no surprise to see pictures like this:

[BigBobber]

As Rush said the other day. If the libs can get all these guys to polls in one day, why didn't they mobilize to get them out of town?

[rllngrk33]

It looks like those buses can still be used. I'll bet they could be started up with little or no problem.

What's happened is a complete lack of leadership and initiative at the local level.

[null and void]

One picture worth a thousand words...

[TheClintons-STILLAnti-American]

"Good find. Of course, this is Bush's fault too. But with evacuation procedures like that, it's no surprise to see pictures like this:"

Autonomy of states and cities from federal control is good, but if local governments are going to point the finger at the federal government when bad things happen, then they should be required to submit disaster plans for approval and oversight.

Louisiana has been a notoriously rogue Democratic state for decades, and has now proved to the world that the "Big Easy" party image of New Orleans is an accurate portrayal of how cavalier the local government has been in preparing for what everyone has acknowledged was just a matter of time in coming.

I wonder if anyone from the federal government has any idea what plans are in place for the massive urban sprawls that have been erected up and down the earthquake faults in California, or it when that happens its going to be treated like "Who knew this could happen here!?" too.

[ctdonath2]

8-O

Incredible.

When visiting NO, Bush should hand this photo to the mayor with a huge WTF??? look on his face.

[ChadGore]

Why where these Blanco Buses ununsed ?

[bvw]

Next to that sad photo should be a picture of the reefer trucks used as mortuaries. The two images are bookends, enclosing a series of volumes on Ethics: "Choice and Consquence".

[Bon mots]

Good find.

[Elsie]

The water is only up to the middle of the wheels!