"They can evacuate to the dome.........."
With the huge population of violent criminals in New Orleans, it may be more dangerous in the dome than outside of it.
New Orleans TV interviewed the Mayor earlier. He said that "the Dome is the shelter of last resort."
Live broadcast:
http://www.wwltv.com/perl/common/video/wmPlayer.pl?title=beloint_wwltv&props=livenoad