As you can now see, if they had gone to smaller buildings, they would all be dead or grasping onto what is left of the shelter. Where else is there a stable, smaller building that is dry with even limited power? None. Simply put, there weren't enough buildings tall enough and equipped to house that many people from the storm.

Now, they can peel back the dome and airlift them to other shelters. That dome DID save thousands of lives, and it looks like that's the last event that'll ever take place there.

I'd be far, far more scared of the result had those people been anyplace else in NO.