I told my husband I'd only go to dinner if we were back in time to see Brit's round table.
I was pleased to note that on the roundtable, Jeff Birnbaum said that while it appears the administration reacted slowly, the more you look at the situation, the more it's evident that the City failed as well. He went on to note the City didn't have a plan to evacuate the poor, etc.
Have any of you read this?:
http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:4CGCqv6EbJAJ:www.new-orleans.la.us/cnoweb/cpc/transportation/Chapter3_3to3_6.pdf+orleans+Special+Levee+Improvement+Projects+Fund&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
What nobody mentions is that the federal response wouldn't have appeared slow (it wasn't) had the local and state people done their jobs.
Jeff is a Lib, but he didn't make my teeth hurt. He slammed the Locals/state far more--well deserved.