The Police Chief, who was physically AT the Convention Center, said there was no food no water and 30,000 people there, in a live report this evening with Geraldo, on O'Reilly's tabloid "Factor" program.
But the AP photo shows otherwise. Look at all the pallets. Check the CNN website at:
http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/03/katrina.impact/index.html
Unless this is not the same Convention Centre (unlikely) or maybe the first groups of people took all the food and there was none left (unlikely). A picture is worth a thousand words? I'm confused about all these conflicting stories.