Orleans, the Long Range Plan?

I was watching them 'rescue' people yesterday. Some needed rescueing, some didn't know what they needed. Some wanted to be the poineers that rebuild New Orleans.

ABC made a big deal about how there were so many groups there with guns, the 82nd Airborne (huh?), a couple of different states National Guard units, police, Fish and Wildlife officers. You could hear the fear of the expected firefights in Ted Kopples voice. Then they showed a dry house that was functioning as a hub for a family that had a handgun in it. Oh my!

Liberals reactions to guns always entertain me unless, of course, they are passing legislation.

The statement that got me thinking was when a military unit mentioned what was going to happen when they declared martial law. It sounded like they are removing all the people right now who want to go or are able to be talked into going then they will declare martial law and remove everyone else. Some of these people are living in areas that are dry, like the French Quarter, and want to stay.

If martial law hasn't been declared by now, what good will be served by declaring it in the future? I just wonder what the long range plan is for New Orleans.

UPDATE:
Maybe this is what I smelt.