SRS, what's your source for this: "There WAS public transportation to be had, if residents had elected to use it."

You've argued that as New Orleans is majority African American (which I think we knew already) then obviously most of the victims would be black and therefore there was no racism at play. Had it crossed your mind that this might have been a subconcious factor in the decision to withdraw funding for flood defences? I have read that in meetings to plan the response in the event of a major hurricane hitting New Orleans, the question was several times raised about those who would not be able to evacuate. People then looked uneasily at each other but had no answers. I wonder if flood-defence funding would have been withdrawn from Long Island or Boston had either of those been one of the country's three biggest disaster risks?