Reply #105: You do understand that what he was saying was in referenced to the

[Lone_Star_Dem]

... Superdome, don't you?

You said, "When I read various reports that people weren't allowed to leave NO, claims of it being their "choice" to stay are indicative of either BS or misinformation."

What is in the thread you referenced is; "The general said evacuees would have left if the shelter had truly become intolerable."

edit: For clarity of point.

He was not speak of NO or that they should have evacuated there because they were told to. I think you took it out of context, perhaps?