[Shuie]

On the plane leaving Baton Rouge yesterday I sat next to an elderly New Orleans evacuee who claimed she was kept against her will in a sanatarium outside of Baton Rouge and was not allowed to contact anyone outside for the entire week. Somehow she was either released or was able to get in touch with someone who made enough calls to get her released. She was making a connection in Memphis and then going to San Antonio where her daughter in law was going to pick her up. From there she had no idea what she was going to do. She didnt even own the clothes she was wearing. her only remaining possesion was her purse. It was such an absurd story. It would have made more sense if she had said she had escaped from the sanatarium and used a stolen credit card to book a full fare 1st class flights skipping around the country. There is no way to look at any of this or listen to any of the stories, good or bad, without seeing a complete and utter insane disaster.