Elephant In Exile

Year in which FEMA identified a hurricane hitting New Orleans as a major threat - 2000

amount by which the Corp of Engineers budget for the New Orleans levy system was cut in 2003 - $77.1 million

Number of Employees dismissed by the administration for noting these cuts could be dangerous - 1

Year in which FEMA and the National Guard held a drill simulating the destruction of New Orleans - 2004

Number of parts in a series that the Times-picayune ran on the impact of a hurricane hitting New Orleans in 2002 - 5

Number of days notice provided by NOAA that Katrina (Then a category five hurricane) could hit New Orleans - 4

Number of days after landfall that the President returned from Vacation - 3

Secretary of State - 5

Vice President - 6 and counting

Days the U.S. refused aid from other countries - 4

Days after the hurricane impact that the Director of FEMA said he learned of 10,000 refugees at the NOLA Convention Center - 5

Number of days CNN was reporting on the Convention Center Refugees - 4

Date on which supplies reached the refugees - ?