For openers, what were you doing staying in New Orleans until after the airlines has suspended flights?
What were you doing while 400,000 plus New Orleans residents were getting the hell out of town?
Did you not take note of a shrinking number of people around and a general effort to leave the city?
What did you think that swirling cloud the size of the Gulf of Mexico was?
It was advertised exactly as what it was, a 165 mph killer storm. That was well known and broadcast widely for days before you decided you were having too much fun in New Orleans to let a lil' ol' hurricane spoil your fun.
I read the author of this sympathy appeal is from Florida.
Anyone from Florida who doesn't take a hurricane seriously ain't too bright.
In short, you are a couple of fools who are very lucky to be alive.
The answer to the question, "Who is in charge?" is quite simple.
When it comes to saving your own life, You Are In Charge!
I've always believed that NCLA. But on this thread and many others, people are being taken to task for holding that opinion. Nanny government will SAVE ME......they PROMISED! I was waiting for a BUS! It's not MY FAULT! I'm amazed, thousands died because of the "government said so" mentality and there are hundreds of posters on FR defending that position. I truly don't understand....
I was just reading an old article from Monday mornings's newspaper (before the hurricane hit) that was left in the "reading room".
"... tourists...packed the lobbies of high-rise hotels, which were exempt from the evacuation order to give people a place for "vertical evacuation."
Granted, I'd have left sooner. But, it sounds like they were told "you'll be safe here".
"For openers, what were you doing staying in New Orleans until after the airlines has suspended flights?"
From what this woman said on the radio, apparenlty they were scheduled to leave on a Sunday morning flight, but Delta then cancelled the flight. From then on they were looking for a way out (although I would have flagged down a car, a taxi, or anything else, and offered them whatever it took to get me to Houston, or even just to Jackson, LA.)
..and I might suggest you didn't read that closely...
..the couple had a flight out on Sunday, ....and it was cancelled.
Would you care to restate your words?
Exactly. If I had a Sunday morning flight, and a Cat 5 hurricane was due to hit within twenty-four hours, I'd be tearing my ticket in half and hiring a taxi cab!
Amazing to see Freepers supporting the "wandering around and asking officials when they are going to be rescued" school of disaster survival.
First if you are a tourist, do you spend a lot of time watching the news and keeping yourself informed, or are you there to get away from the cares of the world and day to day life? Most probably had no clue or care what was about to hit.
Second, the evac order was not given until Sunday morning. Delta was the first to stop flying in and out of NO that morning and those with prearranged flights were left stranded. There is a mother and my son's school who's parents at a conference were stuck in NO for that very reason.
These people were not the ones were looking for a thrill but just got stuck, not really their fault.