You can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave Posted on August 29, 2005 by Commander Zero Originally published at Notes from the bunker…. You can comment here or there. The National Guard commander is taking his orders from the county managers and civil affairs folks. People won't be released from here until power and flooding issues are resolved in their neighborhoods. Everyone who came here as a last resort signed an invisible contract, signing their safety over to the city.