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Before we get on our collective high horse and sit here in our safe, warm, dry houses condemning those who have just lost every possession they own, let's sit down and think for a moment shall we?
New Orleans has a LOT of poverty. Many in that town do not have a car. Or if they do have one they cannot afford to fuel it or to fix it. Assuming they found a magic carpet to get them out of town, they cannot afford to pay for a motel, or for meals in restaurants since they won't have a kitchen. In short, they do not have the ability to leave.
And even those that do have the ability have to weigh their options. Do I leave so I don't possibly wind up on a roof waiting for a chopper, or do I stay so I can try and protect my house and all that I own from the inevitable looters?
I can see being pissed at the idiots who were surfing in the waves kicked up by the hurricane, but to be pissed at people for not taking options that are not available to them is ludicrous.
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