the state evacuation plan paid little attention to the 100,000 people of low mobility. (ie. the elderly, the infirm, poor people with no car).
is this fuck them mentality why FEMA turned away truckloads of water, diesel fuel from the coast guard, the and the government told electrical crews to drop what they were doing (working on restoring power to a hospital)to go restore power to the oil pipeline? what about that time when FEMA cut the orleans parish emergency communication line and then the sherriff had to restore it and post ARMED GUARDS to protect it from FEMA?
the mandatory evacuation order was given 19 hours before the storm hit, a week earlier the storm could have not even hit new orleans. honestly. every time there is a tornado warning on TV do you go straight to the basement? secondly, while they did give the order, they DIDNT make provisions to actually get people out. especially the 27% of people without private transportation.
oh, you mean the ones that the national guard brought in FIVE days after the storm hit (saturday)? yeah those would have been pretty good. but you know, they would have worked even better on SUNDAY before the storm hit.