• According to a Kaiser Family Foundation poll of people from New Orleans who were evacuated to the Astrodome and other large facilities in Houston:

"Which of these was the biggest reason you did not leave?"

- 37%: "I just didn't want to leave."

- 22%: "I was physically unable to leave."

- 23%: "I had to care for someone who was unable to leave."

(Survey of Hurricane Katrina Evacuees, Sept. 2005)