Oh, they planned for it. They just tossed that part of the plan out the window (or forgot it) because it wasn't convenient. Bottom line:
1. They used city buses to move people to "shelters of last resort" which were NOT prepared ahead of time as opposed to collection centers where they would transfer to other buses and get out of the city.
2. No attempt was ever made to use any mass transit system to get people out of the way.
3. The buses which were supposed to be used to move people were left to flood in marshalling yards and service lots.
4. The city buses which could also have been used were left to flood.
5. When the "shelters" filled up, the people were diverted to other places that were NOT on the shelter possibility lists.
6. Through incompetence, stupidity, and laziness, the Democrats left 250,000 people to die.
Did you hear Brit Hume tonight saying that those shelters and the food and water WERE the responsibility of NO and LA?
What we've been talking about for days is going to come out this week. We're just ahead of the curve.
6. Through incompetence, stupidity, and laziness, the Democrats left 250,000 people to die.
Their base; and now they are going to stand self-rightously on their corps and blame Bush.
What's the chance that Nagin wanted to evac people on the buses, but Blanco refused to shelter any of the people outside the New Orleans area? Nagin has consistently claimed that "there were too many frickin' cheifs" and that he needed more authority. I'm not saying that Nagin is innocent, but we don't know what sort of pressures the Louisiana political machine put on him- especially since we know he was already feuding with Baton Rouge.