Sorry, I must disagree. You may have done "disaster preparedness plans", but you didn't ever have to deal with having NO reliable communications or transportation over a HUNDRED THOUSAND SQUARE MILES. NO ONE has. People are talking about N.O., but that is not the only affected area.
Please look at jeffers' post#106 from a few days ago to get a feel for the magnitude of this problem.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1474387/posts?page=106#106
Everyone seems to be doing pretty much as well as can be expected given the total devastation of infrastructure in this disaster area. I only wish they had declared it was a "shoot to kill criminals" area earlier on, and enforced it ruthlessly.
I'll not fight about it, but we can agree to disagree at this point.