Quote from Landis82:
As I recall, the response by FEMA and our Federal government was anything but crisp, powerful, efficient, and effective.
There was a horrible amount of confusion in regards to the chain of command. It was literally a "Who's On First???" keystone cop comedy.
I believe that Katrina made landfall around 6AM, Monday August 29th.
7 days after firm predictions of a Cat 4 Hurricane, a convoy of several dozen trucks and buses rolled into New Orleans carrying food, water, and other supplies.
Compare this to the Indian Ocean earthquake of 2004 (tsunami) that the Indonesian government had to deal with, in which they delivered 175 tons of food only 2 days after the disaster.
The people of New Orleans had a few days to evacuate and chose to stay, the people of Indonesia had no warning at all.
