Interesting take. I think the way that most people are reacting, especially the news media, is to blame "whomever was in charge". When you've got Fox News bashing the administration, you have to know that something is up.
It's my understanding that the federal government accepted a letter on 27 Aug. (before the storm hit) from Governor Blanco, declaring a state of emergency. And at that time, she had passed the buck to the federal government.
To me, that says the federal government should have started actively evacuating people *before the storm hit*. It was chilling to me to see a huge parking lot full of 200 school buses in New Orleans, half-covered in water. If the feds had been able to wrangle 200 troops to come down quickly and drive those buses around the poor neighborhoods where people couldn't get out of town, they could have evacuated upwards of 10,000 people. The governor had earmarked $2,000,000 of the $9,000,000 for emergency protective measures to go towards evacuation support. Did the feds help at ALL with evacuation before the storm hit?
For me, at least, it's not political finger-pointing. It's a) who was in charge, and 2) what did, or didn't they do -- and why?
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It's my understanding that the federal government accepted a letter on 27 Aug. (before the storm hit) from Governor Blanco, declaring a state of emergency. And at that time, she had passed the buck to the federal government.
To me, that says the federal government should have started actively evacuating people *before the storm hit*. It was chilling to me to see a huge parking lot full of 200 school buses in New Orleans, half-covered in water. If the feds had been able to wrangle 200 troops to come down quickly and drive those buses around the poor neighborhoods where people couldn't get out of town, they could have evacuated upwards of 10,000 people. The governor had earmarked $2,000,000 of the $9,000,000 for emergency protective measures to go towards evacuation support. Did the feds help at ALL with evacuation before the storm hit?
For me, at least, it's not political finger-pointing. It's a) who was in charge, and 2) what did, or didn't they do -- and why?