The NO mayor and the LA governor dropped the ball when the evacuation was announced. They had a emergency hurricane evacuation plan (http://www.cityofno.com/portal.aspx?portal=46&tabid=26) all mapped out, its just the Government decided to not follow it all through... making sure people got out safely.

The government in LA needs to stop pointing fingers at the President and FEMA and take a long hard look in the mirror, that is where the failure started... and it just snowballed.