Listening to NPR on the way home, their reporter stated 2,000 people at the Conv. Ctr. The only food/water they've had is what some people were able to "loot" from stores along the river walk. They are about a mile from the Superdome where there is some food and where people are being evacuated but there are flooded streets between them.
The NPR reporter said there were two bodies on the side of the building, one in a wheelchair and that two more elderly died today. There is human waste everywhere. There are women with babies there. They've seen buses go by, cops go by, Nat'l Guard have stopped by but provided no food/water.Also, this from MSNBC:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9160710/ TONY ZUMBADO: I've gotta tell you, I thought I'd seen it all, but just when you think you've seen it all, you go into another situation and you see something horrific. I've never seen anything in my life like this. ... I can't put it into words the amount of destruction that is in this city and how these people are coping. They are just left behind. There is nothing offered to them. No water, no ice, no C-rations, nothing, for the last four days.
They were told to go to the convention center. They did, they've been behaving. It's unbelievable how organized they are, how supportive they are of each other. They have not started any mêlées, any riots ... they just want food and support. And what I saw there I've never seen in this country.
We need to really look at this situation at the convention center. It's getting very very crazy in there and very dangerous. Somebody needs to come down with a lot of food and a lot of water. There's no hostility there ... they need support. These people are very desperate. I saw two gentlemen die in front of me because of dehydration. I saw a baby near death.
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