There are several high-rise building downtown NOLA. Why couldnt people...

[maveric]

be housed in those "high ground" buildings during the flooding? It was dry there and there may have still been running water.
Whats the deal there?

[rooboy]

1. Broken glass from blown in windows for one thing. n/t

[leftofthedial]

2. valuable stuff owned by white people was in those buildings

[Bluebear]

3. Oooh, burn. And true. nt

[tinrobot]

4. First floors of buildings underwater

If the building catches fire, how do you evacuate?

The Superdome was on high ground.

[preciousdove]

5. Evac plan said people were to go to NOSD and NOCC and wait...

Help never came. There were people in the high rises (where they were not supposed to be) but no water and sewer kept backing up higher and higher. Food spoiled. Windows blown out. Flies. People started dying from no medicine, extreme heat and stress. No phone, TV or radio. They were the lucky ones as it turns out.

People finlly gave up being rescued and tried to leave but could really only leave by boat, boats in short supply. Armed police wouldn't let people cross the only road out into Gretna.

[Andromeda]

6. The French quarter was the least damaged

in the storm. There are still hundreds of people still living there. I'm watching NIGHTLINE now and Ted Koppel is interviewing a couple of women. They say there are lots of guns there, some National Guard. People are confused about what evacuation rules are in place now.

Will they or won't they have to go. At some point people will be forced to evacuate is the big question. There is some power but little water.

The mayor has just ordered forced removal. Didn't say how they would do it. Good luck mayor.

[HR_Pufnstuf]

7. at minimum, many corporate water coolers.

..used by the corporate cubicle hamsters.

[Endangered Specie]

8. They werent terribly sure those buildings were going to survive

Plus the aforementioned glass, flooding/fire combo.

and even if they were...

You dont seriously think they would allow the impoverished in the rich man's buildings? :sarcasm:

[ForrestGump]

9. Lethal flying glass...and getting blown out a 14th floor window will

really spoil your day, too.