Quote Originally Posted by Redleg
One can not think of evacuation of New Orleans in the context of any European or any other United States City.
Nonetheless, eighty percent of inhabitants made it out of the city between Saturday afternoon and Monday morning. The other twenty percent were either left behind or determined to stay behind. Based on the reports we are getting about the latter (who are now being coaxed out of their homes one by one) many of those stayed behind to protect their property (homes, shops, workplaces, cars and other collectibles) because they had no confidence that the government would be able to prevent looting in the first place.