FEMA predicts that if a catagory 5 hurricane makes a direct hit on New Orleans, that there would be anywhere from 40,000 - 60,000 casualties. Please get out and help those without transportation!!!
I'm not buying the 40-50k estimate, but I imagine there will be a few thousands simply from the morons... the funny thing is the people who you would think would be most vulnerable, the homeless, are actually the smart ones.. they know how to find shelter...
I'm suprised benson wasnt at the door of the dome trying to collect money.. i head the rest of the hurricane coverage from there will be blacked out because there isnt a full house...
http://www.nola.com/hurricane/index.ssf?/washingaway/thebigone_1.html Excerpt: Amid this maelstrom, the estimated 200,000 or more people left behind in an evacuation will be struggling to survive. Some will be housed at the Superdome, the designated shelter in New Orleans for people too sick or infirm to leave the city. Others will end up in last-minute emergency refuges that will offer minimal safety. But many will simply be on their own, in homes or looking for high ground. Thousands will drown while trapped in homes or cars by rising water. Others will be washed away or crushed by debris. Survivors will end up trapped on roofs, in buildings or on high ground surrounded by water, with no means of escape and little food or fresh water, perhaps for several days. It'll be Dunkirk all over again. Anyone with a boat is morally obligated to help others survive.
