[Republic]

When those making the deliveries of food and water are shot at...it makes one great big difference in getting food and water distributed. Red Cross was turned away because of the violence. Police were shot at. Hospitals and nursing homes were assaulted. FEMA is not armed. There personnel were pulled back at one point as well.

And PROBABLY the reason so many DID NOT LEAVE is because they knew if they left their homes, their life's work, that the very thugs doing the terrorizing now, would have break into their homes and take whatever hit their fancy.

SO they banked on the storm not being a killer storm.

Even celebrities stayed...what is his name..'fats domino' or something. And others.

Not EVERYONE who stayed, stayed because they were to poor to leave.

They KNEW the criminal element only too well..the drug addicts, etc. And they feared for their property.

[concerned about politics]

?When those making the deliveries of food and water are shot at...it makes one great big difference in getting food and water distributed. Red Cross was turned away because of the violence. Police were shot at. Hospitals and nursing homes were assaulted. FEMA is not armed. There personnel were pulled back at one point as well.

Yes. FOX was interviewing a guy from the Red Cross, and he said they were all civilian workers and wouldn't go in to help because of the criminal element. People who weren't military wouldn't go near the place, and no one can blame them.