prepare, the next critical decision point in the federal response became confirmation of the levy breached. if the levy breached and flooded large portion of the city, then the flooded city would have to be evacuated. anything else is delay of the e vagsuation of the city, and that s what happened. a fema official went up in the helicopt helicopter, monday 29th, saw it, confirmed, son ciaed that information to fema to the department of homeland security and to the white house, and that information just disappear. so days rolled on. everyone got a good night s sleep. tuesday morning, the president played guitar in california. after he left california, he went back to the ranch in texas to resume his vacation. vice president had been fishing