I'll admit, I too was wondering why there was not a more expansive busing out program for the poor and I was wondering if perhaps the local officials could have done more.
Then it occurred to me: THE LOCAL OFFICIALS WERE ABLE TO GET OUT 80% OF THE CITY IN ONE DAY! And on top of that, they were able to get a significant portion of those left behind into the Superdome before the storm hit. IN ONE DAY! Do you realize how impressive that was? They actually got things done when it was in their ability to get things done.
However, after the Hurricane struck and the levees broke, it took the Federal government more than 4 DAMN DAYS of sitting on their damn hands before they even started to get supplies to the dying people who needed them. In that time people were dying preventable deaths at a time when the Federal government was the only power that could actually get anything done.
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