Apparently the feds were crossing their fingers, hoping for the best

[The_Casual_Observer]

or something, in spite of the fact that dire predictions of a cat 5 landfall were being reported by EVERYBODY including NOAA DAYS before the storm made land.

Why?

[murielm99]

1. I have wondered if they were crossing their fingers and hoping

for the worst.

"Oh, well, this is going to be a cat 5, hitting NO dead-on. They will all drown. All we will have to do is pick up the dead and raze the city. No worries. We don't need to house and feed the dead. All we have to do is wait."

[The_Casual_Observer]

2. 3 conclusions that I can see

1. They didn't believe their own forecasts and bet it wasn't going to be that bad.

2. They made a conscious decision to sacrifice the place.

3. They didn't give it any of it a second thought, much like the August warning about Bin Laden. Too distracted by Cindy, attempting damage control in San Diego.


I believe it was probably #3.

[SoCalDem]

3. Faith-based government sucks

:(

[Beam Me Up]

4. Hoping for the worst, more likely.

To them we are just useless eaters and the sooner we're all done away with, the sooner they can get on with living inside their beautiful minds.

[applegrove]

5. "or something" is key.