MOFF< you can order pizza pretty much anywhere. We had a Domino's at Fort hood that would deliver to anywhere in the training areas.

More on media coverage.....

For all the hits FEMA and the Bush Administration have been taking, mull this over for a minute:

It has been known for DECADES that the NO levees couldn't take the hit that Katrina gave them. Instead of funding the levees, we have Interstate highways to nowwhere (WV and AK), federally funded trailers for lawnmower racers, and a new tunnel in Boston, among other federally funded boondoggles. (yes, I know the big dig alleviated traffic, but at $22 Billion and still counting?)

Also:

Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco declared a state of emergency on Friday before the storm hit. But she waited until Tuesday to order New Orleans evacuated. President Bush had called her before the storm hit and urged her to force an evacuation, but she chose not to. The only mandatory evacuation order was given by the mayor the day before Katrina hit, and he lacked the resources to enforce it. The first buses did not arrive at the Superdome until Wednesday.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency deserves a great deal of criticism for its inability to cope with the disaster. But The Washington Post reported last week that FEMA's standard emergency plan "advises state and local emergency managers not to expect federal aid for 72 to 96 hours, and base their own preparedness efforts on the need to be self-sufficient for at least that period."

http://www.theunionleader.com/articl...?article=60048

Local and state disaster administrators are indeed given that warning. It was re-iterated to the state of LA during a FEMA drill in 2004 not to expect aid for that period of time.

The Governor could have ordered the LA national guard in, but she waited. The mayor could have ordered the fleet of 2000 schood buses to be used for the evactuation, but he didn't. State and local disaster agencies KNOW they have to have plans in place to cover the time between the disaster and the time federal help arrives, obviously they failed.

Instead of pointing the finger at everyone, the media chooses to blame the Bush administration.