Originally Posted by HuskyMan

You are assuming that all marathoners have a heart. They have been training for this race all year and for some, not even a hurricane is going to get in the way of their run. No doubt, there are many marathoners who will not run so as to conserve resources for storm victims; OTH, there will be those that take a "Me First, everyone else is second" attitude. The legal fact is that prior hotel reservations have priority. This presents a moral and legal problem for the hotels.

No easy answers........