>>Well about 80% of N.O. residents did leave before the storm hit.
>>The other 20%... it's anyone's guess. Yeah, there were the very sick and the elderly, but we saw (on TV) many very able-bodied individuals that didn't leave for some reason.
>Well, I think the President explained their reason: "Noone could have predicted that the levees would break".
OooKey. the levies been a topic of concern for decades, and they didn't know it could blow?
hum. I guess now is not the time to talk about who and why.
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