Why some people stayed

Two interesting articles address the reasons that some people stayed in New Orleans. This Slate article features a couple of interesting interviews with people who remained behind. Most interesting was this part:

Gee says the police taught everyone around here how to loot. They were the first to bust into the grocery store down the street and the Wal-Mart a mile or so up the road. He also says they took to breaking into car lots in the days after the storm and driving off with brand-new Escalades. I'm not sure whether to believe him, until a cop car drives buy towing what looks like a mint-condition Corvette Stingray. "And these are the people telling us to evacuate," says one of the porch dwellers. Every time a Humvee rolls by, a few of the guys make sure to flash the peace sign.

My guess is that we are going to start hearing more and more ridiculous stories.

The other interesting article was in the Washington Post about the effect that family animals had on the lives of thousands.

-Mr. Alec