Reply #10: I understand what you are saying. [View All]

I also understand that the entire problem couldn't have been solved in this fashion. But here's the way I would have worked this, bearing in mind that I'm no engineer. As soon as I ascertained that the flood was going to occur (and that's *at least* 24 hours ago), I would have begun putting down pontoon bridges starting at the Superdome and working towards where the nearest large group of people are. I would have stationed police around this area to instruct people to walk to the Superdome. I would then have repeated this process.

It's not all or nothing proposition, AG-08. *Every* bridge put down in this way would save lives probably and would definitely reduce the tension level - on the victims, on the police, and on the rescuers. The way this catastrophe has bordered on the criminally negligent, imo. Today, it may cross that line.