True. Some of the heartlessness I have read on this thread and others has me shocked. You are so right. These people for the most part are poor and tried to get out. New Orleans has a very good public transit system, I used it when I was young and had no car or money to purchase a car. It would have been difficult for me to have gotten out of the City if that hurricane had hit in the 1970s instead of this past week. What happened to "There but for the grace of God go I?
I have read the most outlandish things about New Orleans police since that video of two cops looting. Right now my nephew is facing very real looters with guns. Probably drug addicts who can't get their usual fix. I'm sure he has little ammo, not much chain of command, and little help. His mom who just got out of New Orleans is worried sick about him. I sure hope no one on FR ever has to go through what any of the people in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast have had to go through. I doubt some of these windbags could handle it.
And prayers for your nephew.
I have endured the same heartlessness on threads such as this one as well. IMO, those who choose to damn those who are fighting for their lives, either do not have a grasp on the horrifying reality these people are facing, or are just too high on their moral thrones to give a damn.
I'll say a prayer for your nephew, Diva.