They had the means to leave. Louisiana and New Orleans screwed up the evacuation magnificently. Remember the bus debacle?
If you want to pin Katrina on Bush, then go for it. Just accept what the other side does to Obama.
Oh, yes 'The Buses' - the ones that were shown sitting in a repair yard because they belonged to the school district and were sitting in a storage and overhaul facillity before being worked on and returned to service.
Satellite image, {7567 Almonaster Boulevard, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana}, 1/4 mile from the MRGO channel
where the storm surge overtopped the banks of the shipping channel, and indundated all of New Orleans East.
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Use 'Street View' when you get there, they still fix the school busses.
And the Hurricane hit 3 days before those who were receiving Federal assistance, 'Welfare Checks' would have been delivered.