there was never a official count of how many stayed, only guessses that 80% left. obviously 80% meant 80% of the suburban areas and not the city dwellers. FEMA now has to relocate a entire CITY before people start starving to death.
To date,
15,000 evacuations have been made from the New Orleans Superdome to the Astrodome in Houston and are continuing today to San Antonio for housing at Kelly Air Force Base. Evacuations will continue from Louisiana to Reunion Arena in Dallas, and Lackland AFB, Tex.
2,000 patients have been evacuated from the New Orleans airport. Seven National Disaster Medical Service Disaster Medical Assistance Teams (DMATs) and 3 strike teams are supporting New Orleans medical facilities and hospitals not fully operational and setting up MASH-style tents. Five DMATs and 5 strike teams are working in medical facilities and hospitals in Gulfport, Biloxi and other areas of Mississippi.
Commodities delivered to date include:
1.9 million MREs
6.7 million liters of water
1.7 million pounds of ice
More than 600 buses to transport evacuees
As of yesterday, there were 204 shelters with a population of 53,004. This number fluctuates daily.
More than 170,000 meals a day are being served throughout the affected areas.
14,000 National Guard are on the ground in three states and an additional 1,400 will arrive today and 1,400 on Saturday to assist with security of victims and responders. A total of 27,000 members of the National Guard will be deployed to the affected areas.
200 Border Patrol agents, 200 additional law enforcement officers from other Louisiana jurisdictions and 2,000 officers from neighboring states are assisting in restoring order in the streets of New Orleans.
Nearly 500 U.S. Corps of Engineers civilians and soldiers are working on the New Orleans levee breach and coordinating the transport of ice and water.
A Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) is opening today in Bayou La Batre, Ala., and another tomorrow in Chatom, Ala.
FEMA is setting up a Joint Housing Solutions Center to bring together public, private and voluntary agency stakeholders to develop innovative funding and streamlined operational partnerships to address the short and long-term housing needs of disaster victims.
More than 7,000 people have been rescued – Urban Search and Rescue task forces have made more than 2,000 rescues and U.S. Coast Guard ships, boats and aircraft have been used to rescue approximately 5,000 people.
I'm really starting to think there may have been half a million people in town when it flooded.
I'm seeing footage on fox of them setting their helocopter down in some neighborhood to save an old lady and people were coming out of nearly every house in site! must have been 50-100 people just in that one small area.