[Antoninus]

How come the buses aren't moving and food and water aren't being distributed?

Could have something to do with the fact that there is 2-3 feet of water around the Superdome and the Convention Center and that certain idiots are taking occasional pot-shots at the rescuers.

[Homer1]

one shot, fired hours ago.

These people are starving to death. More people will die by suspending operations than by continuing even with a gunshot having been fired.