Reply #23: I live in FL and am familiar with 'mandatory' evacuations. [View All]

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The people who wanted to leave their homes were bussed to the superdome. There was a large National Guard presence there before the storm hit. Others wanted to stay in their houses. Here in FL, the local police will advise you that if you stay you are 'on your own' and that curfews will be in force. You cannot be out on the street or you can be arrested. If your house catches fire, no one will come. They do not remove you forcibly, and it is unrealistic to think that it would be any different than the recent pullout from Gaza if they tried.

There is no evacuation plan that I know of that calls for people to be taken to a shelter and then left to fend for themseves for a week or so. The issue of busses after the disaster was to move the evacuees to livable quarters where food and water would be available. Reporters moved in and out of the city to visit the superdome, so the roads must have been open. Why no rescue? Why no busses as promised?

A poster here noted that civilization is only 12 meals thick. Deny food and water for more than three or for days and society breaks down. The Bataan Death March of WWII fame, noted for the brutality of the event, lasted only a few days. The POWs were denied any food or water. It is a hideous, monstrous, evil thing to do.