The lack of communication lines is probably causing the most havoc. I think the regular military should have been brought in as soon as the extent of the damage was first realized. I never thought of water and food coming in on the buses, but maybe there wasn't any at their point of origin. We'll know more after the obligatory senate hearings in about 6 months...

>I was hoping someone else would start this...
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>By any measure I can muster I have to conclude that the deaths in New Orleans will mostly be caused by ineptness of the "emergency response"!
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>They sent people to the Superdome and the Convention Centre then totally forgot about them for days on end! Sent no water. Sent no food.
>Sent 500 busses and many arrived (it seems) yet none of those carried water or food!
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>We've seen all the big-wigs all day long on all the TV chanmels telling us all how well they're working together and how all "requests" are being answered as soon as heard. Yet no water/food at the Superdome! No water/food to the Convention Centre. No water/food on boats to give to stranded people!
>Levees still breached for Chri5t's sake!!!
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>This truly is an unbelievable situation for the mightiest country on earth. They're own people refugees - surrounded by abundance! Worried more about protocol between agencies than saving lives it appears.
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>I feel great sadness for all of the victims and for the people of New Orleans especially. They are trapped and they have been forgotten.
>The big story is the looting! Imagine! The suffering is a side-issue. There might have been no looting if the suffering had been tended to and the trapped were freed.