Stupid, stupid people. It's one thing for the owner not to want to leave...that's her choice...but to make that choice for the people who live there is unfathomable.
Ask yourself this...if you had the buses...where would you go with 100-odd old geezers? This is a situation where a state-mandated plan should have existed for every hospital and every old-folks home. The interesting thing here is that in Florida...most old-folks homes evac to the local shelter...they don't drive clear across the region.
I can see a massive lawsuit on this case...the place will be out of business and face millions in court. Again, that pure Louisiana attitude about not running or getting away. What else can you say?
Stupid, stupid rat creatures!
That's more like it.
The initial move to evacuate may in all probability cost a patient or two. Failing to move cost many much more. All nursing homes must put the safety and well being of the patients above all else. This was not a multi-story facility and in a Cat-4 hurricane it is very reasonable to assume heavy flooding will occur levy or no. Not to mention loss of roof potential etc. It was very irresponsible.
Stupid is as stupid does. She could not imagine a flood that covered her building.
Oh, the owners got out just fine, don't you worry.
I saw on Nancy Grace last night, the report that I think Anderson Cooper gave. He was in contact with a local reporter who knows the nursing home owners of St. Rita's, and saw them in Mississippi shopping days after the flooding.
He approached the owners and they asked him how he was doing, and he said to them, a lot better than the people in your nursing home.
For some reason, the owners still cannot be reached by authorities...