Boy, you (Spoutalot) just can't seem to get anything right. In case you didn't know, the Red Cross won't even set up shelters in New Orleans for anything stronger than a Cat-2 hurricane. In fact, one of the interviews I saw, indicated that some RC employees didn't even want to be in the city until their security could be guaranteed.
REV. JESSE JACKSON, RAINBOW-PUSH COALITION: Well, that's ridiculous. I mean the Red Cross' absence in New Orleans, the high point of the crisis is a disaster. It is a sin. We had no real plan for rescue and relief and relocation.
KING: Marty, how would you respond?
EVANS: Well, Larry, we were asked, directed by the National Guard and the city and the state emergency management not to go into New Orleans because it was not safe. We are not a search and rescue organization. We provide shelter and basic support and so we were depending, we are depending on the state and the agencies to get people to our shelters in safe places.