[Cboldt]

... the hotel privately rented 10 buses to evacuate a bunch of tourists in the hotels in the Quarter. they were commandeered and sent to the superdome ...

I read that the buses were commandeered by FEMA authorities. I assume that would be due to an obligation to follow orders to manage the evacuation.

[oceanview]

so do we tell these people in the hotel, that they can just go to hell and die? they had the initiative and resources to save themselves.