By the list you posted, it's clear that you've fallen victim to media reports.
For starters, you're painting all of Louisiana with the New Orleans brush, and even worse, you're lumping all New Orleans residents with the very small pecentage who did not evacuate.
Most Louisiana evacuees left plenty early, made sure to fill their tanks and keep them filled days ahead of time, just like we do every time we're threatened by a hurricane.
The media has focused on a tiny minority of Louisiana Katrina victims in their coverage and you don't seem to be aware of that fact.
Actually, the list does an outstanding job in contrasting the almost total inaction by Louisiana authorities prior to the hurricane with the mass mobilization successfully undertaken by Texas.
It also demonstrates the professionalism of Texas' government officials as compared with the crying, cussing, looting, and vitriol-spitting of the amateurs who man important positions in Louisiana.
The Pelican State is a laughingstock.
Thank you for stating the truth. The whole state is not what happened in a small section of New Orleans Proper.