The main problem is NO didn't follow their carefully thought out
disaster plan. They had a plan that they worked on very hard and for a
very long time. Chances are the plan would have broken down at some
point but they never gave it a chance. They never even started using
the plan. They just sat their with their thumb up their ass and blamed
the federal government. The mayor and the governor are 100% at fault.

Our local NPR station did an hour long interview with one of the
reporters that wrote the 2002 Time-Piciune story. He had some
interesting things to say.
go to

www.wosu.org
click on NPR 820
click on Open Line
select the 10 AM program for 7 September 2005