USA Today-
Mayor C. Ray Nagin called for a voluntary evacuation of the city at 5 p.m. Saturday. He said he would most likely be more forceful about making people leave Sunday. For the tourists stuck in town, he had some different advice.
"The only thing I can say to them is I hope they have a hotel room, and it's a hotel room that's at least on the third floor and up," Nagin said. "Unfortunately, unless they can rent a car to get out of town, which I doubt they can at this point, they're probably in the position of riding the storm out."
Are you f-ing kidding me???? This is what that nincompoop actually said to stranded tourists? Who the heck does he thinks pay the bills in his stinking city? Or did, until now. He can sure kiss those tourist revenues goodbye now. Maybe he should have thought of that before he gave the high sign to the looters.