On Sat, 30 Aug 2008 13:23:02 -0400, Eisboch wrote:


That situation was totally screwed up from the beginning. Seems to me
Bush initially did what he was supposed to ..... make federal help
available, but the operational decisions were left up to local and state
governments, as they should have been. Bush earned the reputation of
being too late to act because the locals dragged their feet. If I
recall correctly, Bush had to *order* them to start an evacuation.

Eisboch

There were a few bright spots, the military, especially the Coast Guard.
They began pre-positioning resources several days ahead of the storm.
Of the 60,000 stranded by the storm, the Coast Guard rescued 33,500.