Louisiana Governor Criticizes U.S. Evacuation Plan

Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco of Louisiana sent a sometimes blistering letter to Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff late Wednesday asking the federal government to honor its commitment to help evacuate and care for thousands of New Orleans area residents in the event that another major hurricane blows into the region this year.

“We have received no indication from you that staffing, logistics and security for additional shelters have been addressed,” she wrote in the 18-page letter, in one of many critiques of federal aid she said she had requested, but has still not been promised, in this case referring to a need for additional federally provided emergency shelter space.

from the NY Times