NO SMSA 1,235,650 people
NY SMSA 22,085,649 people
NO SMSA 3,755.2 sq. mi.
NY SMSA 11,842 sq mi
Just Manhattan by itself has 1,601,948 population.
You could send the Louisiana National Guard to The City and they could stand on corners all day long and do what?
HY - huge numbers of high rise buildings
NO - not so much
In the high rises without power, the elevators don’t work. All food, water, and other emergency supplies have to be carried up dozens of flights of stairs. Each gallon of water weighs 8 lbs. I saw a report with 60 and 70 year old people carrying water and food up dozens of flights of stairs. They should have drafted some of the marathon runners to help with this.
Maybe by now they’ve rigged up some pulleys to raise the supplies from the exterior.