http://www.nola.com/newsflash/louisiana/index.ssf?base/news-18/1125239940201382.xml&storylist=louisiana
Excerpted 8-28-05: NEW ORLEANS (AP) — In the face of a catastrophic Hurricane Katrina, a mandatory evacuation was ordered Sunday for New Orleans by Mayor Ray Nagin.
Acknowledging that large numbers of people, many of them stranded tourists, would be unable to leave, the city set up 10 places of last resort for people to go, including the Superdome.
The mayor called the order unprecedented and said anyone who could leave the city should. He exempted hotels from the evacuation order because airlines had already cancelled all flights.
Gov. Kathleen Blanco, standing beside the mayor at a news conference, said President Bush called and personally appealed for a mandatory evacuation for the low-lying city, which is prone to flooding.
President Bush declares A State of Emergency on 8-26,
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/08/20050827-1.html
Calls the Mayor and Governor persoanlly on 8-28-05 pleads with the incompetant idiots to evacuate the residents, then has to personally see to it that Federal reliefe is provided because neither the Mayor or Governor is capable of taking care of the people. Just the facts.
Well, given this and his dithering about the hotels leading up to the evacuation order, we can make a fair guess as to who was lining his pockets for the last few years.
Thank you, chuknospam. This needs to be shouted from the rooftops for those who are too deaf to hear the truth. Well done!
"He exempted hotels from the evacuation order because airlines had already cancelled all flights."
So because they had no airline flights, they were supposed to take their chances on dying at their hotels in a CAT 5?
Big help he was.