I would assume the 700 are short termers. Once they get out, they go home. The superdomers, they're stuck.
Exactly. The Astrodome in Houston is full. They are running out of places to put NOLA refugees. Once you get them out, there's no place for them to go
Contrawise, the tourists just need to be gotten to a transport nexis, and they can make their own arrangements to get home
"I would assume the 700 are short termers. Once they get out, they go home. The superdomers, they're stuck."
All the more reason to make the 700 wait in line. They were going back to the comfort of home anyway. In the Bible there is a verse about "abstaining from THE VERY APPEARANCE of evil" If people are saying this is not a race or class thing, they sure messed up on that one.