The future of hired transportation

Last night, during our approximately twelve hours a day of hurricane news viewing, we saw a very telling moment.

A camera crew was interviewing a surprisingly well-heeled and relaxed family. They had been visiting New Orleans so their son could look at a college, clearly Tulane, when they became trapped by the hurricane.

The mother seemed unconcerned for her pocketbook, and the family, surprisingly, didn't seem to be in too much of a hurry.

It turns out they were about to be taken out of the city by members of a "private security company."

This made me wonder how that was arranged. Did one of the parents call their law firm/investment bank employer and ask them to arrange to hire whatever part of Blackwater USA isn't in Iraq to extricate them? Or are well-armed private security company SUVs just cruising around NOLA like some kind of post-apocalyptic taxi service? Or maybe their hotel arranged it as some sort of high-end airport shuttle?

Thought provoking in any case.