They also stayed behind to loot the million-dollar homes in expensive neighborhoods, according to CNN.
When this is all done, a lot of questions need to be asked why the governor didn't enforce a full, mandatory evacuation (with public transportation for the poor) out of the city.
It would have been a lot easier to bus them out before the storm than it will be tomorrow.
I'm not strictly sure of the situation in NO, but hurricane science usually is not able to give enough advance notice of landfall locations for large scale evacuations. In other words, you usually would have to make the decision to evacuate before you really know whether or not it's necessary. A heavy decision with a large metropolis.
If I owned a home in the Garden District, I would have stayed just for that reason, or I would have paid someone else to stay and guard my property, with guns.
There is a very little middle class in NO. Most people are dirt poor, lucky to make minimum wage, with no hope for a future. They resent the 'old money' whom they believe is responsible for selling drugs to the poor.
In such a place, looting would be expected. If you have property, you'd better be prepared to protect it.
>>>When this is all done, a lot of questions need to be asked why the governor didn't enforce a full, mandatory evacuation (with public transportation for the poor) out of the city.>>>
There will be alot of questions asked of the governor. A crisis is when you see what someone is made of and this woman is not made to lead in a catastrophe. Shame for La. Shame they were more worried about governement handouts than someone who could take care of them in a different, better way.