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modom > wrote:

> That is not accurate and racist. CNN reported that 38% of those who
> stayed behind couldn't leave because they were either disabled or
> caring for a disabled person who couldn't leave. Poverty and simply
> not having a car accounted for large percentages of others who did not
> flee the storm.

<kicking myself for joining the fray> What about the 62% who stayed
for other reasons? And why did all of those buses remain empty and
stationary? And how many more people would have been stuck if it had
been up to the mayor and governor, who thought they had everything under
control?

It was a _NATURAL DISASTER_ an _EMERGENCY_, and 80% of the city was
evacuated rather than the 65% they expected. Emergency relief responded
faster than in other recent hurricane disasters, yet somehow our
government failed these people. It's more like their local government
failed them by insisting they didn't need federal aid, up to the few
days before (meanwhile MS knew to ask for help in advance), not
mandating evacuation and not providing a way out for those who couldn't
get out themselves.

Regards,
Ranee

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