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[DATA EXPUNGED] Yes, a few hundred miles. These people were civilians, not soldiers. The nearest city to where evacuees went was Baton Rouge, which is almost 100 miles away and was still hard-hit by the hurricane. I'm pretty sure not even an army ranger could walk that many miles in two days.
And there were also not enough buses to go around, since the government failed to effectively utilize private bus companies in the evacuation. There were free buses(the public transit ones), but the others charged for the trips.