Katrina Timeline

A very good post outlining the timeline of Katrina is located here.

It's long but here are a few things I pulled out of it.

First, Katrina hit New Orleans at 8 am, Monday, August 29th.

The morning of Saturday, August 27th President Bush declared a state of emergency in Louisiana authorizing federal emergency management officials to release federal aid and begin coordinating relief efforts.

At 5 pm on Saturday a voluntary evacuation order was issued.

A mandatory evacuation order was issued Sunday morning. Just prior to this announcement President Bush personally called Governor Blanco and appealed for a mandatory evacuation.

The Superdome opened at 8 am on Sunday and began taking people in.

11:30 am on Sunday President Bush issued a statement vowing to help those affected by the hurricane.

Overnight and the morning of Monday 4,000 National Guardsman were gathered in Memphis preparing to help New Orleans police.

It goes on and on with a lot more information. I won't say mistakes weren't made but it is obvious this wasn't being ignored and people were preparing to do the best they could.