There was food there, not enough for the number of people that showed up: About 26,000 New Orleans residents sought refuge from Hurricane Katrina at the Superdome, which authorities describe as the "shelter of last resort," Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu said late Sunday. To help keep them fed and hydrated, the Louisiana National Guard delivered three truckloads of water and seven truckloads of MREs — short for "meals ready to eat." That's enough to supply 15,000 people for three days, according to Col. Jay Mayeaux, deputy director of the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Emergency Preparedness. Outside the New Orleans area, the Louisiana Red Cross has opened 45 emergency shelters that were serving about 3,000 evacuees as of late Sunday, said Victor Howell, who heads the Red Cross of the Louisiana Capital Area.
That Sunday. I am asking why the City of NO doesn't have the stuff PRE-Positioned like the old bomb shelters did? They had DAYS to prepare! They SAW the Hurricane coming and have KNOWN since at least Oct 2001 what COULD happen. I get the feeling the State and Local Govts just crossed their fingers and said "I hope it misses, I hope it misses
I Nagin had just have done what he was supposed to, he would be a hero today, instead of a fool. If someone would attach his jaw to a generator, there would be enough power to run every building in NO.