[gooleyman]

While I agree with the premise that Democrat rule is less desirable than Republican rule, some of these are a bit of a stretch. For instance: I don't think there was widespread release of prisoners. I remember seeing one prison with its prisoners on an exit ramp of a freeway to get them out of the flood waters. They had armed guards on them to keep them from getting away.

I don't care for Louisiana's politicians, but they had weathered other Hurricanes close to this magnitude. It's the flooding that made this one the worst in history. They deserve all the blame they warrant, but to stretch like this article does in some instances, it a bit much.

Texas erred on the side of caution because they saw what happened in Louisiana a few weeks earlier. They probably panicked a little more than they needed to because they didn't saw what the Louisianna politicians went through.

[gooleyman]

OOPS. I meant to say "they panicked more because they saw what happened to the Louisiana politicians."

(Something told me to read it one more time. I should have listened. Haste makes waiste...that's why mine is so big.)