Get real PKM. Of course there is a massive rescue underway, but there are even more refugees. Shep is exactly correct, turn on the TV and you can see all the people wandering on the freeway, no info, nowhere to go, so migrating west across the bridge, desperately wandering. There are 100,000 refugees just in New Orleans. 100,000, and only 25,000 of those are in the dome. Both sides of the story have to be told, and in fact it is imperative that the negative side get out so pressure comes to bear to resolve it. And indeed, it will be a completely different situation in the morning, much better.
But this is no place for sugarcoating, and failure to do so WILL cost even more lives. Not a cliche this time. Shep is only 1 part of the story, but it is a very sad and dramatic one.
Maybe you should drive out there...what is your plan for 1 million homeless? and could you have everything up and running within 48 hours (time of the first flyovers) oh yes, and with no radio, cell phone, etc.
the way I see it, shep was spotting for the feds. I was NOT happy with the dodged bullet nonsense.
HE gets the 'most improved' award from me.
The biggest problem is that there was no plan in place to move cooperate residents, and imo the warning wasn't given the mandatory evacuation notice soon enough. They knew this would happen eventually, so why didn't these idiots at least make the levee repairs top priority?
I know the "big one" is coming in CA. At least with hurricanes, you can track them on radar. You can't do that with earthquakes.