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What they seem to be missing is that the people could have been evacuated from the Super Dome even after they let the buses flood. If you will look at the satellite pictures you will see that from the corner of the Dome's dry parking lot to the off ramp is only 75 feet. I measured using cars for scale. Cars that were up on the ramp and did have easy access to the West Bank. The able bodied could have easily waded to the ramp and walked up it and across the totally unobstructed bridge across the River to the West Bank. The West Bank was dry and not flooded and had roads leading out of the area. The sick could have been assisted across the small stretch of water in boats and or the "LOUISIANA NATL. GUARD UNDER GOVERNOR BLANCOS CONTROL" could have quickly put up a very short pontoon bridge. The civilian population on the West Bank could have been organized into bringing trucks cars etc to the off ramp to pick up people.
If the people had to stay in the Dome, which was a decision by the Governor of Louisiana, the Red Cross could have brought food, medicine, and help to the Dome via the same off ramp. The Red Cross was blocked from doing this by the Governor of Louisiana. She would not let them in to New Orleans, for several days.
The whole point is Nagin and Blanco for reasons that I do not understand did not want those people out of the Dome. If that is not the case they suffer from a degree of stupidity on a scale that can not be measured. They need to be asked WHY WHY WHY!