Fuel space and time,
There is a limited amount of fuel in place, a limited amount of space to land at and our largest helicopters can't carry any more then a bus load of people.
By the weekend the really big ones will be off the coast on Navy ships full of supplies. They left Norfolk Virgina as soon as they were fully loaded and are steaming at full speed towards New Orleans.
Now when you figure out how to airlift an aircraft carrier around the world or from Norfolk to New Orleans in a few hours let us all know.
By weekend half the peopl ewill be dead. So you get 50 helicoptors carrying a bus load working round the clock .I really see nothng much happining down there from what I;m reading. Sound like a massive screw up to me. Who said anything about airlifting a carrier ..stop playing cute with me OK ?