I believe Shep and the other reporter at that location are platooning back and forth to Baton Rouge each shift, if I'm not mistaken. That's been one of his complaints, actually... that other officials' cars are passing by without helping these stranded people in both directions.
Doesn't look like to me they helped much either -- why didn't they bring back supplies? Am sure Fox could have found a way to at least get water to those folks but then that would have ruined the story.
Been around journalism for years and you can take it the bank that a true journalist would have found a way to help those folks without keep shouting no one is helping them. Shep is not a journalist but a reader of the news and way over emotional.
Shep has become the story of his own making. If he is shuttled back and forth from Baton Rouge that makes it even worse IMHO!