ok... Assuming 250,000 people in the affect NO area..
Now multiply that gallon by 96 gallons per pallet, 24 pallets per semi...
that's 2100(!!) SEMI-LOADS of water a DAY. Each truck could make 3 trips per day, that's 700 SEMIS, requiring 700 drivers, 2100 meals (45 cases of MRE's- 2 pallets)
Assume that each truck is staging from ONLY Baton Rouge, and the round trip takes 20 gallons of fuel, that's 42,000 gallons, or 7 tanker loads...
I hope you begin to see the enormity of the logistical task...
Oh, I'm not saying it's not an enormous task...I was just trying to tell...whoever it was...that 1 gallon isn't that much for one person per day.
Delivering it? Oh yeah. THAT'S a big deal...