Heads should roll, I think; people on all three levels screwed up, and it will cost billions more to fix their improper preparations and initial relief efforts.

Mayor Nagin of New Orleans:
From Foxnews:

Here's how Nagin described the emergency call from the National Hurricane Center on Sept. 6.

"I ordered the mandatory evacuation the night that I got a call from the head of the hurricane center, Max somebody … and he said, 'Mr. Mayor, I've never seen a storm like this. I've never seen conditions like this.'"

Yet we all know that the mandatory evacuation was placed on Sunday morning, not Saturday night. Big difference.

Michael Brown of FEMA, who claims he didn't know that evacuees from the convention center in New Orleans were there, despite 3 days of newscasts, has been recalled to Washington.

Governor Kathleen Blanco, of Louisiana, who asked Bush for troops, even though her own National Guard took 5 days to get to New Orleans and other areas. Federal troops are not allowed to do law enforcement, unless in times of insurrection. What exactly would they do? The Army Corps of Engineers were already doing the best they could do to restore the levees, levees that were old and only made to withstand a cat 3 hurricane.

Update: The NYT has a good article. Count on the press to be the vultures after the storm.

Also, Michelle Malkin has a good article about Brownie's incompetence. When you have people like Colin Powell, and FOX news leading the criticsm of a right-wing administration, there is something wrong. It's not just politics as usual.