It's a wicked situation no matter the perspective. In cases like these, I usually recommend to just start blasting incumbents and let God sort them all out. Well, either that or just vote them out of office.
I like
China's style, though. Imagine the hurricane Katrina response if Blanco and Nagin were in China and stood a good chance of getting hooked up to one of those
mobile execution chambers. The national guard would have been in there 24 hours prior and the entire city (including hospital patients) would have already been evacuated. Dude, there would have been results like someone's life depended on it.
However, the chick should have forseen the small issue (her life depending on electrical power) and taken steps to prevent such an occurance.