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okay, aside from the direction of the bridge, the fact that it is SOP to close the bridge during a hurricane, the fact that the bridge would need inspection and the fact that the bridge is likely not rated for the weight if food traffic, no one has proposed what could have been done with the people who managed to make it across the bridge.

I have. Escort them THROUGH his city, or let the guard do so, if that was his concern! The bridge was used for traffic, they just wouldn't let the foot traffic across OUT of NO.

Look, I'm sympathetic to the fact that I wouldn't want most of the population of NO in my backyard and I can see WHY he did it. It doesn't excuse it though. There should have been a place for those people to go on FOOT. One of my biggest beefs with this whole calamity is that people that were capable of helping themselves sat and waited for help.

After reading this story, it does piss me off that the people weren't just "sitting around" they were prevented from leaving. That's just wrong! Escort them through his city to help if he didn't have resources, but to let them rot in that hell hole is just WRONG!