New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell says the city did not distribute sandbags to the public for ahead of Tropical Storm Barry because it ties up fire department resources, and because sand often ends up in the drainage system.
"That works against us," Cantrell said Friday when asked about the decision.
But pictures of sandbags outside the New Orleans Sewerage & Water Board's downtown office are raising eyebrows, and the ire of some people who took to social media to complain.
The mayor said residents who want to acquire sandbags from other sources were free to do so, and the Sewerage & Water Board echoed those comments.
