Originally Posted by sperbonzo

It's funny that people keep on saying that the poor had no way to evacuate the city.... so why didn't the mayor have buses taking people out? Here in Miami, when there is an evacuation, all of the city buses are re-tasked to taking out people that can't get themselves out.

This has nothing to do with Bush, he is just a convenient place for the local and state officials to hang to blame for not doing the things that THEY are actually, and legally, responsible for.

And as for sending in Federal troops, etc. The Governer would have to declare Martial law throughout the entire state in order to have legal authority to send in Federal Troops. Declaring a state of emergency merely releases federal funds for state agencies to have access to.