Katrina

An account from two conference attendees stuck in New Orleans about the lack of help from authorities for people remaining in the city.

Once again, at gunpoint, we were forced off the freeway. All the law enforcement agencies appeared threatened when we congregated or congealed into groups of 20 or more. In every congregation of "victims" they saw "mob" or "riot".

We felt safety in numbers. Our "we must stay together" was impossible because the agencies would force us into small atomized groups.

A blog by two Houston professors about the condition of evacuees at the Astrodome.