The City of New Orleans Disaster Plan

looks to me like a good one.

Except for one thing, it wasn't implemented.

Once the mandatory evacuation notices were given and ignored, there should have been forced evacuations and every form of high-capacity vehicle in the city should have been deployed to move everyone out. Apparenty nothing was done to provide transport for people without personal means of leaving the city.

Some are complaining about the word refugees. They are people seeking refuge. Besides being homeless, many have no cash, no food, nothing.