09-05-2005, 08:16 PM
Were not as centralised as you suppose.
Getting the people out fell on the state - although they could have asked for help.
The real problem was by the time people realized that a near worst case senerio was happening, there wasnt much time.
Up till Fridaynight it really didnt look any worse than several hurricanes did last year.
What should have been done different?
The city of New Orleans and the state of Luisiana should have had a plan in place to take all municipal busses and and to boorrow school buses from the surounding towns and use them for evacuation.
But even then you would have a pboblem with a great many elderly and sick people - and thier families who wouldnt leave with out them.
Getting the people out fell on the state - although they could have asked for help.
The real problem was by the time people realized that a near worst case senerio was happening, there wasnt much time.
Up till Fridaynight it really didnt look any worse than several hurricanes did last year.
What should have been done different?
The city of New Orleans and the state of Luisiana should have had a plan in place to take all municipal busses and and to boorrow school buses from the surounding towns and use them for evacuation.
But even then you would have a pboblem with a great many elderly and sick people - and thier families who wouldnt leave with out them.