Where have you been? The mayor, the governer, and emergency managemant called for evacuations starting yesterday morning. That is hardly 12 hours before landing.
Look, it's long past time to panic, but if you get outta' there now you'll get your turn to blame the mayor for the worst hurricane in history in due course!
MSNBC reported it wasn't mandatory until this morning.
More like 24 hours before landfall.
Still, I think the emergency prep will seem like a joke in a couple of days. In Florida, facing muchg less severe storms,the interstates have been converted to one way on both sides of the median.
N.O. has no plans to evacuate the poor. In Florida, that's not such a big deal, since many structures are strong enough to serve as shelters. In a city that's likely to be under water, shelters aren't enough.
Actually, the ordered mandatory evacuations today about 11:30 a.m.
After Bush told the LA governor to do it.
In the desert and not in the path of a hurricane thankfully.
Mandatory evac from Nagin was this morning.
The mayor spent yesterday suggesting that people evacuate but resisting a mandatory order because he said he needed to consult his lawyers. He finally called for mandatory evacuation Sunday morning, under pressure.
Idiot. Just a figurehead, not a leader.