>>OooKey. the levies been a topic of concern for decades, and they didn't know it could blow?
>>hum. I guess now is not the time to talk about who and why.
>Just in case they claim they didn't know... they were warned in a very explicit, detailed and timely manner:
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001054595So why were the school buses lost in the storm. Couldn't they have been used to bus people out? On TV/radio the mayor of NO was heard crying about lack of buses/transportation. he had about 500 buses at his command. According to the article, it wasn't like they weren't warned ahead of time.
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