re: There are finally guidelines for the Cajun Navy!

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For example, in the days after Hurricane Katrina made landfall, numerous media reports showed images of African Americans stranded on roofs in New Orleans. These images exposed significant inequalities in access to emergency response and recovery efforts.

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You quote this as if it is proof that the government is justified in calling out the people of Louisiana.

The problem is that the most impoverished people in New Orleans are mostly African American (AA). AA people in New Orleans were really bad about not evacuating before the storm. Some of this was due to means while a lot of this was also due to stubbornness. However, this same stubborn attitude had no racial preference as people from all races and social classes stayed behind to inevitably be trapped.

Regardless, some of the hardest hit areas were poor and mostly black neighborhoods that the media now seems to use to equate New Orleans with leaving behind black people.

What's interesting with the current flood is that this whole area is chock full of boaters. On average, every other house likely has a boat. Some of the initial rescuers were people using their boat to get their family out and who then began to shuttle other people to safety. That just wasn't the case in New Orleans because not only were there fewer boats, but most people had already left because of the advanced warning.