Some Answers.

I listened to the news tonight and it doesn't look good for the local government in Louisiana. The first glaring mistake was when Gov. Blanco refused to give federal authority for the disaster to President Bush when he asked for it. This tied the hands of many agencies, including FEMA, who had to wait for permission from Gov. Blanco to act and she was clearly overwhelmed.

It seems the Red Cross WAS there with supplies of food and water for the people at the Superdome and Convention Center and the highways , but the Louisiana Dept. of Homeland Security told them they COULD NOT give relief supplies out for fear of it creating a magnet for thousands of others to come to the Superdome or Convention Center.

It was a bureacratic nightmare.

I want to add that I get no satisfaction that those on the hard left, who were screaming that it was all Bush's fault that the people got no water and food, were wrong. The people still suffered and placing blame won't change that.

But now we know who to be mad at...the Louisana Dept. of Homeland Security. The federal government is not allowed to take control if it is not given by the State. If we want that to be different we better decide that now before the next disaster.

Update: More here.