And is it just coincidence that the first two responders to this thread have not spoken up on behalf of the elderly? I think not. The first two responders have spoken up to grimly say "c'est la mort" and to create an implausible scenario that the staff of the nursing homes were faced with a fanatasized choice of saving their families vs saving the residents.

This circumstance DEMANDS an independent investigation--of the nursing homes and the governmental authorities whose remit was to see that EVERYONE was evacuated in a timely manner.

As I said, the staff in these facilities were abandoned too. Told to stay on the job, not evacuate. It is being guesstimated right now that up to one third of the NO police force and possibly as many NO firefighters, abandoned their posts while on duty as well. But nobody wants to talk about that one either.