Hurricane Responses: Texas vs. Louisiana

Over at The Four Horsemen, Nick has a great post comparing the responses of Texas and Louisiana after the recent hurricanes.

You can read it here.

Here is an excerpt:

Things I have noticed while watching media coverage of the recent hurricanes.

1. Texas: Productive industrious state run by Republicans.
Louisiana: Government dependent welfare state run by Democrats.

2. Texas: Residents take responsibility to protect and evacuate themselves.
Louisiana: Residents wait for government to protect and evacuate them.

3. Texas: Local and state officials take responsibility for protecting their citizens and property. Louisiana: Local and state officials blame federal government for not protecting their citizens and property.

4. Texas: Command and control remains in place to preserve order.
Louisiana: Command and control collapses allowing lawlessness.

I know where I would rather live, if I had to choose between the 2.