Last chance for hurricane stragglers to go quietly

More stragglers seemed willing to flee the filthy water and stench of death as increasingly insistent rescuers made what may be their last peaceful pass through swamped New Orleans before using force.

“Some are finally saying, ‘I’ve had enough’,” US Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesman Michael Keegan said. “They’re getting dehydrated. They are running out of food. There are human remains in different houses. The smells mess with your psyche.”