Um, yeah, I saw that dumptruck, too. It went to the Superdome, not the freeway where so many other refugees were with Shep. Those buses didn't stop and pick up any of those refugees on the freeway. There is some question as to whether they are letting those wandering in through the water into the superdome. Shep's criticism wasn't about how the dome, it was about the total lack of info or direction given to the masses streaming all day onto and down the freeway.
BTW, the only criticism I have of the Superdome is the lack of communication, which it sounds like may have ended today. It wasn't perfect, but it was better than the alternatives, and was a wide decision to use as a 'refuge of last resort.' It is only a temporary shelter, and has performed as intended.
No. It drove up the on ramp right below him and pulled onto the interstate he was standing on. But I don't think you understand that the same Interstate Shep is standing on leads directly to the Superdome. That is why the buses taking people to Houston drove right by him. Now think for a second. If the buses taking people from the Superdome to Houston are driving right by Shep on the way to Houston, do you really suppose the people around Shep can't find their way to the Superdome? Do you suppose they are somehow being blocked from walking to the Superdome. Tonight, Jeff Goldblatt described the effort to bus people from the Superdome as being very well organized, but he said some people don't want to go.
Look, if you sit and listen to Shep all day long, you will get the impression that he is stuck on an island with no exit. That is simply NOT the truth. He is not representing the whole picture. He is pulling a Geraldo and trying to make himself the story.