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 broke, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 governor, [...]

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 [...]

Nagin and Blanco seemed to have been victims of their own arrogance and stupidity. That is a harsh assessment, but accurate given what Florida officials have been saying in light of the disasterous response by New Orleans and Lousiana to Katrina. Just read through how all the southern states had problems – but Mississippi was [...]

Color me stunned. An Op-Ed in the NYTimes today explores all the hypocrisy by the democrats in ranting about the federal response before and after Katrina. It is a laundry list of decisions made for political gain and not for strategic, preventive planning. Congress has finally sprung into action. It has bravely promised to investigate [...]

I am not sure why it is happening, the some in the media are starting to challenge Nagin, and hopefully soon Blanco, on how they totally screwed up. Today’s Washington Post tries to sugar-coat some incredible statements and events which should give a lot of people pause. Mayor C. Ray Nagin created many new friends [...]