That person has obvioiusly never visited New Orleans. Taking your life in your hand to walk along the Interstate IMHO.
What is with some of these folks?
The Ninth Ward is one of the scariest places in the United States. If you want to talk about mean streets, this is it. This is where Marshall Faulk escaped from. There are certainly elderly and infirm who would have had no way to evacuate.
"What is with some of these folks?"
I am far from perfect, but a few words come to my mind:
selfishness , cold-heartedness , blindness etc....