*nods* but even so...in my opinion I think it is less about politics and more about human ineptness, bad timing and the wrath of nature reducing you back to the most primitive means of survival.

After a hurricane it's a living hell. You have downed live power lines everywhere, flooding that wipes out roads, trees down, you don't have any way of contacting people and getting the word out that you need help or even any way of telling people where the hell you are since you may very well have had to evacuate with precious little notice ahead of time, pollution from ruptured sewage lines gets into the drinking water and causes disease and God help you if you're living in a trailer. It's hot and humid as hell and combined with the desperation of needing basic supplies...people go crazy. You don't think you just try and get through the day. If you've lost loved ones or a home you aren't going to be on top of things regardless. No one knows what the hell is going on because it's about survival now.

Combined with the fact that they are below sea level and would I imagine have the most trouble with dangerous flooding I really am not surprised at how much trouble that they are having. Plus the fact that local authority may just be plain slack...I know last hurricane that came through my area, people were without electricity for weeks in certain areas of the county. How big is the population of New Orleans? I lived in a rural area farming community for many many years, that's how bad it can get with a small population...I can only imagine how bad it would be there.

Plus if you live in a highly hurricane prone area and one with such a high tourist population you are going to have people who want to sit and wait it out because 1) they don't have a car to get them anywhere to begin with 2) they have never been through a hurricane and think it a grand lark 3) they've been through three or four hurricanes already and weathered them just fine so what's another hurricane more or less?

Disasters bring out the worst and the best in human nature unfortunately...I think that would be the case no matter who is in the office. It was a huge and strong storm...it's done just fine creating chaos without human assistance for as long as the earth's been around.