Goddamn it!
From Sunday's Washington Post: Many Evacuated, but Thousands Still Waiting: "About 42,000 people had been evacuated from the city by Saturday afternoon, with roughly the same number remaining, city officials said."
Emphasis mine. And then it says "Search-and-rescue efforts continued in flooded areas of the city, where an unknown number of people wait in their homes, on rooftops or in makeshift shelters."
So, it has taken them three full days (Thursday, Friday and Saturday) to evacuate 42,000 people. And now they're saying they STILL have 42,000 people to move, PLUS all of the people still existing on the roofs.
I hope the media keeps the pressure on -- keep crying Geraldo, keep screaming Anderson Cooper -- because at this rate, they won't finish this screwed-up evalucation for another week.
Also posted at Kos.
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