When the announcement went out about seeking shelter at the Super Dome, it said to bring enough food and water for 3 days. Since they began arriving on Sunday night, IF they followed instructions, their supplies would have lasted until some time Wednesday. It's not like this was supposed to be a hosted affair. N.O. was merely supplying the locale in which to safely ride out Katrina.
i understand that. i was addressing Nagins excuse that legally he couldn't transport people to a shelter unless it had supplies.
but again this is just his way of CYAing for not using the school buses and city buses to get the people out of harms way.
"When the announcement went out about seeking shelter at the Super Dome, it said to bring enough food and water for 3 days. "
On Sunday a reporter was interviewing people going into the Superdome. One woman had 1/2 bottle of diet coke with her. The reporter said is that all you brought with you. Her response " The Red Cross will feed us". This woman said she had a car but was staying because some of her family was in the Superdome. She acted like it was going to be a big party. Wonder how she made out.
Bravo, IrishRainy, that need to be repeated. The people at the Superdome were told to bring food and water for 3 days.