heard some of them interviewed yesterday from the Ritz, and they were unable to get flights or rental cars out of there...because there were none left. So they stayed, but not by choice.
And why did they not get out when the President issued the Evac order on Aug 17th? They weren't SUPPOSE to be there and now they are caught up in the disaster and the AP thinks we should feel sorry for them? How about a little personal accountablity?
No one issued an evac order on Aug 17th. I don't recall the President issuing an evac order at all - that was the governor and the mayor.
But the answer to your question is, because they flew into NO, they couldn't get flights out of NO, and they couldn't get rental cars or reservations on any other form of transportation.