[Bernard]

And to go back a step, when will the media ask the Governor, who is in charge of the Louisiana National Guard, if the Guard has ever planned and trained for a mission that involved evacuating and servicing thousands of civilians from New Orleans when the city is 10 feet under water?

To quote a former client, "That is not a trivial task". But, it should have been on the list of possibilities that the Guard would be prepared for. Even with a plan and repeated training, the variables would have to complicate the actual response.

As a casual observer, I think these folks did an admirable job in responding. We should all be grateful and appreciative for their efforts.

[alancarp]

Think they might have trained for this as part of a homeland security effort? Should have.