What was Bush thinking?

What was Bush thinking?
Originally uploaded by Editor at Large.

This is a map of the parishes (counties) in Louisiana. The ones in red are those for which Bush declared a state of emergency on August 26. Note that they are all inland - not along the gulf coast - and that they exclude New Orleans, as well as all the other cities in Louisiana that were hardest hit by Katrina, for obvious reasons. What was Bush thinking?

(Map by Bob Harris, www.bobharris.com)