It's located in the washington post. A full section devoted to pointing out Louisiana's ignorance when dealing with the situation. It's sort of hard to ignore a hurricane coming, then aid would be delayed atleast 3 days? I'd have to say, if aid is delayed then it'd be best to use the transportation. It's no secret, the transportation is there.
"Other federal and state officials pointed to Louisiana's failure to measure up to national disaster response standards, noting that the federal 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. "Fundamentally the first breakdown occurred at the local level," said one state official who works with FEMA. "

Did the city have the situational awareness of what was going on within it's borders? The answer was no."