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Old 08-29-2005, 12:20 PM  
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Originally Posted by JoesTraffic
I take it you missed the national guard offering to take people out.

If they could take everyone... why are so many in the Superdome?

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationwo...,6590710.story

John Higgins was struggling in a different way. The 49-year-old man hobbled through New Orleans as the wind picked up, carrying what he owned ? a purple comb, a radio and a pack of instant coffee ? on his back.

The homeless shelter where Higgins usually stayed had closed because of fears that Katrina would destroy it. He had no car, no money and nowhere to go, so he was trying to make his way to the Louisiana Superdome, the downtown arena that had hosted Super Bowls and Bob Hope but was pressed into service as a storm shelter.
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