Reply #18: The logistics of the situation are dictating this... [View All]

[WI Independent]

They would have to walk hundreds of miles to get to an area that is not already overloaded with too many people to feed and shelter. There were over a million people in the NO area, most of them are already in schools, warehouses, even tents in the surrounding area. They are running buses in and out, letting them scatter would make that task even more unmanageable than it already is.

I've been listening to the LA State Police scanner on a stream feed... there are a lot of people working hard to get them on buses to somewhere safe (which at this point means another state). The enormity of the disaster is overwhelming them and it will take time. They did seem to be much more organized last night than they were Thursday night... Hopefully they will get the remaining people out of there more quickly.