Comment by ethanbond

Lack of easy transportation can quickly turn a merely inconvenient or uncomfortable situation into an extremely dangerous one.

Break a leg in front of the hospital? Super minor.

Break a leg 40 miles from the nearest road? Extremely serious.

Mud, especially with huge numbers of people, has a way of turning the former situation into the latter situation rather quickly.

Also who’s being breathless? The article didn’t mention FEMA.