http://www.wwltv.com/local/orleans/stories/wwl083008bhorleansevac.2afaf5f8.html
“You need to be scared. You need to be concerned,” Nagin said during a Saturday evening news conference. “You need to get your butt out of New Orleans. This is the storm of the century.”
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Nagin said that the Westbank will be the first hit, with water being pushed up by a storm surge that could potentially hit 20-feet and higher. He said that because the Harvey Canal is not completed, leaving the area vulnerable to catastrophic flooding.
“For the Westbank, you were spared in Katrina,” Nagin said. “This is not that type of storm. The Harvey Canal is not complete. There’s holes in it. The surge will punch holes and will fill up the Westbank.
“This is not the storm to ride out.”
I guess even an idiot can learn the hard way