ms....: I am beginning to think you are purposely pretending to not grasp what I am saying...
A flood event in the bowl below sea level named New Orleans has been feared for decades. Water tends to seek the lowest ground and fill up from there. Understanding that water would fill NO until it equalized with its source doesn't take a PhD. So, officials had a pretty good idea how bad it could get years in advance of this storm.
By the way, most of the people that made it out of NO made it out on their own with little help from officials.
And just where would you have secured this with 135 mph gusts ripping through a city under sea level....? They didn't a have a week to prepare for this, they had 48 hours.
LOL....surely you jest? The gathering areas would be at structures located in various places through out the city well above the maximum flood crest. The supplies would be secured within structures that would survive a Cat 5 and with adjourning areas above flood crest levels for people to gather. All this could have been secured years in advance of this storm, along with a plan to helicopter in well trained officials to distribute the supplies, keep order, establish communication and assist those in need of medical attention as much as possible.
I am beginning to think you were on the NO hurricane planning committee....hey let's set out water, food, blankets, etc outdoors before the storm hits. The winds can distribute the supplies throughout the city for us....gg
LG
PS: I realize that every contingency can't be prepared for, but you should be prepared for the expected and the obvious. NO was never going to be 100% evacuated and a flood event an eventuality.
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