As some of you may know, there is an ISP/telecom technician posting a
blog from an office building in downtown New Orleans, reporting first-hand on the downward spiral. The entry labeled 10:46PM Thursday 1 Sep describes a telephone conversation with a person onsite at the Convention Center. A quote:
. . . The people are so desperate that they're doing anything they can think of to impress the authorities enough to bring some buses. These things include standing in single file lines with the eldery in front, women and children next; sweeping up the area and cleaning the windows and anything else that would show the people are not barbarians.
The buses never stop.
Words fail me - I'm sorry.