I watched a 48 Hours special on New Orleans last night. It was heartbreaking. The survivors are just stretched out on the Interstate with no food and no water. They interviewed a woman whose husband had died in her arms, but she said that the police only told her to wrap him up and try to put him in the shade so he didn't smell. Then, when she pointed to what I thought was a pile of rags, to my horror, I realized that the dead husband was still there next to her!! They had old people, babies, the survivors are building up Shantytowns. It was horrible. They've been without food or water for three days, and they had received no help since being rescued from the water. Where is FEMA? Where is The Red Cross? They showed another family that left a shelter because they thought it was too dangerous and that the others might steal the little food and water they still had, so they were roaming the streets with their children and all of their possessions in a shopping cart. Horrendous!!
They did interview a woman at the one hospital on dry land. She had given birth in the middle of all this. They said the baby's name (something like Kristen, can't remember), but the original name she had picked out was Katrina! What are the odds? The medical staff in this hospitall have not left for days. They have no idea if their own homes are still standing, but since it's the only hospital still functioning, they're not leaving.
