<P> William J. Jefferson (D - Louisiana) a Representative for Louisiana from the New Orleans area, was criticized when he had misused National Guard resources to check on his personal belongings and property on September 2, during the height of the rescue efforts . He used his political position to bypass military barricades and delay two heavy trucks, a helicopter, and several National Guard troops for over an hour to stop at his home and retrieve, "a laptop computer, three suitcases, and a box about the size of a small refrigerator". </P> <P> Many have also criticized the local and state governments, who have primary responsibility for local disasters, including both Governor Blanco and Mayor Nagin . Mayor Nagin was criticized for allegedly failing to execute the New Orleans disaster plan, which called for the use of the city's school buses in evacuating residents unable to leave on their own . The city never deployed the buses, which were subsequently destroyed in the flooding . </P> <P> On Saturday August 27, several hours after the last regularly scheduled train left New Orleans, Amtrak ran a special train to move equipment out of the city . The train had room for several hundred passengers, and Amtrak offered these spaces to the city, but the city declined them, so the train left New Orleans at 8: 30 p.m., with no passengers on board . </P> <P> Governor Blanco has said that, following the storm's landfall, FEMA asked that school buses not to be used for post-storm evacuation as they were not air - conditioned, and a potential risk of causing heat stroke, and that FEMA had informed them of more suitable buses that they would be providing . Concerned over the slow reaction, Blanco sent in the state's fleet of 500 buses to aid in the evacuation process . It was not until late on August 31 that Blanco learned the FEMA buses were being sent from outside the state, and could not arrive in time . </P>

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