Daily Kos:

Absolutely remarkable. ONLY when the situation becomes a POLITICAL disaster for Bush do they seek to take charge. I repeat -- 5 days AFTER Hurricane Katrina hit, NOW they want control. Need it to manage the photo ops no doubt.

Wrong, Kos. Wrong, wrong, wrong.

On August 27, after Katrina crossed southern Florida and strengthened to Category 3, the President declared a state of emergency in Louisiana, two days before the hurricane made landfall. This declaration activated efforts by Federal Emergency Management Agency to position stockpiles of food, water and medical supplies throughout Louisiana and Mississippi more than a day before Katrina made landfall.

Also...

The disaster recovery response to Katrina began before the storm, with Federal Emergency Management Agency preparations that ranged from logistical supply deployments to a mortuary team with refrigerated trucks. More than 11,000 Army and Air National Guardsmen and 7,200 active-duty troops are currently stationed in the Gulf Coast region to assist with hurricane relief operations. An additional 10,000 USNG troops are currently in the process of being called up and are expected to join the relief efforts shortly.

The military relief effort, known as Joint Task Force Katrina, is being commanded by Lieutenant General Russel Honoré of the US First Army.

At President Bush's urging, the U.S. Senate quickly approved a bill authorizing $10.5 billion in aid for victims on September 1, 2005. The U.S. House of Representatives voted and approved on the measure Friday, September 2, 2005 without any debate; Bush signed it into law an hour later. This is said to be only the initial aid package.

It took me all of 5 minutes of research to look that up. Is Kos (and others like Kos) unable to spend 5 minutes looking up basic info about what help was planned and how it went down?

No was it enough? No. Bush himself said that it was not good enough. But it seems clear to me that it was not enough becuase the scope of the disaster was so huge, not because no one did anything.

UPDATE: Bush called Gov. Blanco of Louisianna and personally appealed for a mandatory evac on the 28th before Katrina hit land.