Granted the Feds screwed up, but you need to also look at the local and state government as well. In addition, the people of Louisiana and rest of the United States share in the blame. They elected the idiots that did nothing. They moved their families into an area that was destine for disaster.

How do I know this? My wife was born and raised there. She knows. I know from knowing her family who moved in with us just before Katrina hit. Her father, who is 79 years old, is anxious to get back despite the warnings of disease, reports of corpses in the streets, lack of infrastructure and medical care. This makes no sense just like it doesn't make sense to continue building a city below sea level.

The banks are to blame for continuing to loan money to build properties in an area that was predictably doomed.

The insurance companies are to blame for continuing to insure such properties. Now they should be held accountable, but they run for cover like cockroaches when people need them.

The parts that are flooded, like St. Bernard parish, should be abandoned. The government should buy out the people that had property there, then cultivate it into a marsh in the hopes that maybe it will provide a buffer to the city before the next category 3+ storm hits.

Why did this happen? Because of man's hubris in thinking that he can control nature. We need to recognize when it makes more sense to surrender than fight.