Sorry if this is a repost. I'm not awake enough to read the thousands of posts to see if it has already been posted... This is so sad.
Three Nursing Home Residents Die During Hurricane Evacuation
BATON ROUGE, La. The hurricane evacuation has turned deadly in Louisiana.
Three people being bused to a Baton Rouge church died: one aboard the bus, another at the church and the third at a hospital. They were being moved from New Orleans.
The coroner's office in East Baton Rouge Parish isn't saying yet how the three people died but says many other people riding on the same bus were dehydrated.
He says some of the elderly people already were "pretty fragile."
Travelers reported the trip on the evacuation route from New Orleans to Baton Rouge was taking several hours because of traffic jams.
http://www.katc.com/Global/story.asp?S=3776385
Have a bit of news from earlier--Tulane Hospital moved their Emergency Room to the third floor. They were full capacity with 163 patients, and new three ER patients came in from the SuperDome.
I keep readubg about these traffic problems. I understand that initially, it's necessary to stay on the main freeway to get out of town, but what I don't understand is why some people don't get off and use state highways to circumvent the slow moving traffic.
If you have an understanding of this situation, I'd appreciate your take on it, before the traffic on this thread heats up.