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You're spot on, except for the airdrop. It'd be almost impossible to airdrop into an urban area without destroying what you're dropping. Not to mention dropping into a flooded area.
The two LA officials (gov and mayor) are probably the most to blame. First, they failed to ASK for federal aid in time, and then they complain when everything doesn't happen at once. The two are completely inept.
The Feds can't simply swoop in unless and until the local government is (I hate to use the term) in over its head. But the President has been slow to overrule or chastise those two - possibly because both are Democrats.
I think the folks in Mississippi have done a better job. Not perfect, but better.
I really hate to bring up this stereotype, but I did live in Mississippi for five years, and saw it firsthand. Many folks down there (not all and not business folk but certainly the elected officials) are just plain lazy and incompetent. Why they keep electing "Bubba" types and Good Old Boys is beyond me, but they do. The Sheriff Beauford in the movies is not only real, but not much exaggerated.
As we've said in another thread, you make your choices, but you have to live with the results. What we're seeing is the result of electing "feel good but do nothing" liberal officials and the growth of the welfare state.
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