[quote This is my big fear - in the next storm nobody will go to a "shelter" instead they will clog the roads with traffic resulting in a whole new set of problems. [/quote

Indeed. The extended version of NBC nightly news covered the 3,000 people at the NO convention center who have been without food or water for days. The report established that the convention center was recommended as a secondary shelter after the Superdome. The people there are waiting for help, with no armed thugs around like other places. A very sad story that described the deaths of babies and the elderly from the conditions. After the story, the reporter interviewed Mike Brown, head of FEMA, who he today made it a high priority to get relief to these people. When questioned why they hadn't done it before, Brown stated that "honestly they just learned the people were there at the convention center today" after media coverage.

Duh!!! This speaks volumes about why there is such continued chaos. Down the road after this is over, there needs to be a long hard look at the lack of management coordination for the relief efforts, or this will not be the last time lives are lost.