So are you defending incompetence? What would have happened if this was a terrorist attack - he finds out in the morning? Take a step back and stop defending gross incompetence.
It wasn't the local government that turned back three 18 wheelers of water on Tuesday from Walmart it was FEMA. It wasn't the local government that turned back 500 fan boats from FLorida loaded with supplies it was FEMA. It wasn't the local government that cut communication lines it was FEMA.
When the canal flood walls broke all the buses were flooded. Much of the equipment that the National Guard could have used - you know heavy equipment - is in Iraq.
Stop humiliating yourself about you defense of incompetence as there is plenty of blame but the buck stops with Bush.
William Hung is to American Idol as Sarah Palin is to the Vice Presidency