The saying goes “blame it on the weather”. After Katrina hit the US the man-made global warming zealots all said global warming is causing increased hurricane activity. Since Katrina the US has seen very few hurricanes (and BTW - the temperature of Earth has been roughly steady and below the latest peak [...]

The liberal media and their democrat masters in Congress make a good play on TV and in the newstands, but Americans - much more sophisticated and intelligent than their purchasing habits may initially appear - are not buying the liberal fiction. Katrina is the best indication of this happening. It is clear why, [...]

Paul at Wizbang has damning and clear evidence that one of the failed levies was not overtopped, as the media has claimed, but simply failed. It failed under conditions where the water was nowhere near the top of the levies. It failed because the levee was of a flawed design. This is [...]

Things to remember about Katrina:
(1) Bush pleaded and begged Nagin and Blanco for days to evacuate New Orleans, which they did too late to meet the requirements established in the New Orleans disaster plan.
(2) Nagin and Blanco tossed out their hurricane/flood disaster plan that they submitted and coordinated with FEAM, throwing the entire [...]

A little known fact is that the tip of Louisiana is sinking into the Gulf of Mexico. Has been for decades if not longer. Some if it has been accelerated by development - much of it attributed to the dikes erected all along the Mississippi River to control flooding. When we stopped [...]

This is the Blogosphere at its best - a heart felt mea culpa on Michael Brown. I take pride in being one of the few bloggers who stayed by Brown and did not succumb to the mob frenzy.  Reading my post from September 27th I realized how angry I was at people for [...]

Just go read the whole sad story at Rhymes with Right. I guess Governor Blanco needed to soother her frayed nerves, and decided to do some redecorating to take her mind off her problems.

Blanco plotted with the Senate Democrats to win partisan points. My posts on Katrina have consistently pointed out that Governor Blanco, who is the lead in emergency response and relief efforts for Louisiana, was a unmitigated disaster. She and Mayor Nagin delayed evacuation prior to Katrina’s landfall, and then delayed evacuation and the [...]

For those new to the site I have quite a few posts on Katrina and how Nagin and Blanco were the primary sources of the debacle there (Michael Brown had successfully handled five major storms up to the point). The truth is Nagin and Blanco did not make any tactical adjustments once the levies [...]

I have posted many times on the disasterous decisions by Blanco and Nagin regarding Katrina. Well, MSNBC has finally started to do some actual reporting on this scandal (hat tip: The Anchoress):
Though experts had warned it would take 48 hours to evacuate New Orleans, Blanco did not order a mandatory evacuation that Saturday.
“We’re going [...]

In this recent Fly By I mentioned the insane scheme by Mayor Naging to bring people back into the city without phones, water and basic services. Well guess what:
The slogan “New Orleans: Imagine it Clean” graces the sides of garbage cans in the French Quarter, a reminder that the city’s government once implored residents [...]

I posted earlier on how Nagin and Blanco made some abysmal decisions early on which assumed the city’s levees would weather the storm. This was not necessarily wrong, until of course they did fail and they never adjusted their responses.
Nagin called for evacuations way too late and did not full evacuate people beyond the [...]

UPDATE:
I see MacRanger and I find ourselves on the same side of an issue again. I couldn’t be in better company.
UPDATE II:
Seems Powerline is joining us who see no value in pretending FEMA was (a) something it wasn’t and (b) listening to armchair pretend experts.
END UPDATE
I have found the need by pundits, left and [...]

The NY Times tries to spin an interview with Michael Brown, formally Director of FEMA, as a negative hit on Bush for not taking control of the situation from the local screw ups sooner.
Mr. Brown, then director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, said he told the officials in Washington that the Louisiana [...]

This is one of the best pieces slamming the media know-it-alls and their tiresome nagging. [Hat Tip to Real Clear Politics]
The “critics” obviously could have done it better, so the new emergency management czar would be Ted Koppel, the ABC News “Nightline” anchor. His questioning of FEMA director Michael Brown indicated that Koppel believed [...]