There is some confusion concerning the Red Cross and NOLA. The Red Cross web page states that they were kept out by the state FEMA. A Pittsburgh paper that was covering Katrina states that Red Cross was kept out by the Federal DHS.
I'm sorry for taking up a diary to ask this but I tried to raise this in an Open Thread to no avail. Here's the issue - the Red Cross web page seems to feed the Spew Machine - "tremendous mistakes made by local/state" meme; the Pittsburgh account puts the blame squarely on the Feds.
Has this been discussed? I couldn't find it using the search. How is this being handled elsewhere? It's come up on the Zogby forum, with one of the posters railing against the Mayor, and I would love to drive a stake into its heart. Thanks!