What CNN said early this afternoon was that there were no more rental cars or flights out available.
Again, that could have been taken care of - if they'd started yesterday and/or actually had a real, viable PLAN. Hire charter buses to take them to Houston, put them on Amtrak, get a national guard troop transport plane - any number of options that could have and should have been included in the much-vaunted plan that doesn't seem to have included very many contingencies at all.
"Again, that could have been taken care of - if they'd started yesterday and/or actually had a real, viable PLAN."
Yes it could've been taken care of BUT it's all water under the bridge now(no pun intended). Time to stop focusing on that and better to move onto plans securing the needs of the displaced who could not travel out of harms way.
I thought they did start a voluntary evac last night? If not, then when did they?
What amazes me is people are totally oblivious to the weather now days, even to the extent of ignoring forcasts and warnings. Folks in NO and surrounding areas knew several days ago Katrina was out there and headed their direction. They, of all people, should know to pack and be ready to head out. But, nooo. So many have waited until the last minute and bottle necked the roads which only slows evacuation efforts.
Yes, yes, there are those who don't have transportation out but they too should have prepared. Lining up at the dome or other shelter anytime past noon was a bit late.