Heck of a job-- interesting detail followup

[infrogmation]

One of the many stories in the Federal level bungling of dealing with Katrina was the FEMA "upside down" disaster declaration, specifically listing north Louisiana parishes, and omitting Orleans, St. Bernard, Plaquemines etc where the storm actually hit.

Here's an interesting followup article and references:

The August 27 Katrina emergency declaration: Harmless mistake or deadly bungle?

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[mmcirvin.livejournal.com]

I recall some people attempting to come up with an explanation for why this declaration would actually be rational: maybe the southern parishes had already been covered by something else, etc. But it was all post hoc and never resolved into anything that made sense.

[infrogmation.livejournal.com]

Trying to explain why Bush administration mistakes aren't really mistakes seems to be one of the country's most thriving industries.