"We kept hearing they were coming, they were coming," he said. When the crowd learned the buses would never arrive, "everyone was totally stunned," said Hedrick, who moved on to the convention center.

Dewey said she was ordered to head to the convention center.

Good lord. What an unholy mess on every level.

Holy shit.

Another tourist story: “We heard buses were coming as condition deteriorated there. There was feces on the floor. They said only hotel guests would be allowed to leave. So we watched as they loaded up their SUVs with luggage and refused to take other people."

Fuck me. It just keeps getting worse and worse.

guess what's more important to this administration than hungry people?

"There is oil leaking, but we don't have access to the area," said Jean Kelly, spokeswoman for the agency, adding that Homeland Security officials are restricting access."