The fact that the author provides to support the opinion that the public response "seemed so inept" is C. People were calling New Orleans "Baghdad under water."
“Baghdad under water” was the description of New Orleans by former Louisiana Senator John Breaux following the Katrina disaster.
Hurricane Katrina of 2005 rendered New Orleans helpless and seeking aid.
Thus, when the author described the public response as inept, it referred to the fact New Orleans was a human disaster compounded by Hurricane Katrina because of administrative failures.
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