[Peach]

Now, lugsoul. That's not an honest interpretation of what's being said. I do think that conservatives, and in fact most people of both parties, care about the disabled and people without resources being able to escape what was at the time a Category 5 storm.

[lugsoul]

I've heard a lot more folks say they didn't want to go than I've heard say wanted to go but didn't have a way. Heck, I've heard more people say they stayed to look after their pets than I've heard say they stayed because they had no way to leave.

That being said, I'm sure there were people who wanted to leave, but couldn't. I just don't think that is a huge percentage of those who stayed. If they got NOLA down to 100,000 people before the storm hit, that is a huge evac.

Nagin says NOLA evac'd 80%.

Mayor of Biloxi says they evac'd 25-35%.

I have yet to see a single poster accuse the Mayor of Biloxi of committing homicide, negligently or otherwise. But similar accusations against Nagin abound.

I have yet to see a single poster criticize Gov. Barbour for the fact that there was looting on the MS Gulf Coast, or the fact that people had no food or water there for days.

The only differences between the two situations are that there was a lot more (a)water and (b) people in NOLA.