>>This is the mayor who had the rich folks from the Hyatt moved ahead of the poor people who had been waiting for four days to get out of town. He's also the same rocket scientist who didn't utilize the 100s of buses the city has at it's disposal. He's an idiot!
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>>In that you are correct. I'm finding more and more that there was poor planning all around.
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>Yep, there's plenty of room for finger pointing. It is my understanding that the Feds had to wait for a request for assistance from the governor. The mayor appears to be some kind of street thug. Once the military was given the go ahead, things started happening like they should have. I'm in the middle of a system where I have seen the people who know the least about something are most likely to be put in charge. Oh well, I'm just glad things are on track. My crew will do whatever we can once we get there, and we plan to go again in January.
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>I think we need to not dwell on the screw ups and move on toward getting things back in order. It's counterproductive to get into a urinating contest over politics and things that should have happened. Those things can be worked out downstream. Right now we all need to pull the wagon in the same direction!

I agree with you that blaming others or over-analyzing has no value right now. But notes should be taken for evaluation after everybody from New-Orleans and other affected areas are back to safety and they are all right.

You said "...It is my understanding that the Feds had to wait for a request for assistance from the governor...". I've got a problem with this one. It seems clear to me from what I saw that help was needed there and fast. No need to wait for the governor.

There are probably other things like that but I don't want to take more of your time. I really admire what you are about to do to help over there. Good luck.