"Last week, a Louisiana state official said authorities had decided against massive airdrops out of fear that they might cause riots"
Considering what we know of what happened at the superdome, that is no doubt what WOULD have happened. And then the headlines would be, 'FEDS START RIOTS"
Another thought....maybe the reason that Shep, Geraldo, Anderson and the like didn't take water and food into the area with them when they were lambasting the feds was because THEY WERE AFRAID OF THE SAME THING>
As unlikely as it sounds, the decision to not drop food into the area was a good and standard decision. Probably saved lives.