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You are wrong...this WAS predicted! A year ago FEMA held a 5 day drill in which they staged what would happen if a cat. 4 hurricane hit Louisiana, levy breakage, many citizens not evacuated.
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You are absolutely correct. We practiced and practiced drills with other storms, hurricanes, and tropical storms. I work for the State Of Louisiana and my department practiced this with the Red Cross, FEMA, and the National Guard. In the past we have had the shelters opened on time with supplies there waiting on the people coming in. Lots of time we didn't have anyone even come there. For Hurricane Lily we had 11 people in the shelter. Anyway, I say all this to say that for this Hurricane we were there (state workers) and no one else was. We did not get any help until Friday. We were feeding the people and buying supplies out of pocket and from private donations. Someone dropped the ball this time. I really feel it is FEMA. I saw FEMA and the Red Cross on TV every day. But when I got to the shelters they were not there.
The funny thing about it-the levees really did not break. What broke was the flood wall on 17th Street that was supposed to be updated last year (money was sent to Iraq instead). The other levees held. That is why the areas closest to the river did not flood only the areas closest to the Lake. On the news they call it a levee because the national news don't know the difference.
You also have to understand that prior to Friday even the rescue workers (police, firemen, etc) did not have food or water. Many of them had been on the job since Sunday night.
It should also be noted that the looters were not the ones shooting. It was a small group of men with guns that shot at rescue workers when they were going to rescue other people from a hospital. They hid themselves in buildings (like snipers).