they should have had those sandbags in by Tuesday instead of

[Blue_Roses]

today...pitiful. They have been filling the levee with sandbags all day. This is such a colossal failure. There just aren't enough words...:cry:

[TheDebbieDee]

1. Mayor Nagin ordered those sandbags to be put in place

and the work to close the levee breaches given top priority on Tuesday but his orders were countermanded (I don't know by which organization).

[Igel]

2. They were countermanded by physics.

Reality decided to intervene in politics. As expected.

[kansasblue]

3. workers were pulled to help save people.