To me, the major failure was planning. We knew it was coming, the weather forecasters were certain and accurate. Warnings could have gone out way sooner that a

To me, the major failure was planning. We knew it was coming, the weather forecasters were certain and accurate. Warnings could have gone out way sooner that a major weather event is underway and all services may see significant interruption. This wasn't like a major tornado where it goes from blue sky to total destruction in a matter of 3 hours. Same goes for hurricanes, it's not like they come out of the nowhere. States have plans to deal with hurricanes, there were no plans/warnings to deal with this until it was too late.