In storm, N.O. wants no one left behind [To poor - "You'll Be on Your Own"]

New Orleans Times-Picayune ^ | July 24, 2005 | Bruce Nolan

[IronMan04]

You say the poor had an option, evacuate or stay behind in potentially one of the worst flood prone areas of the city. That's not the correct option. The only option was to evacuate, and to have the mayor and Governor have a real plan for prtotecting these areas using their own police. When Nagin and his police shief {sic} allowed for the NOPD to dissolve they instantly failed their responsibilities.

First of all, the mayor of New Orleans does not have jurisdiction over the Orleans Parish Sheriff.

Second, this disaster is far too big for any state or local government to handle just as the 9/11 attack on the WTC was for NYC and NY State to handle.

[ladyjane]

Source was Free Republic. I first read his family had already evacuated and later heard it was via helicopter. The helicopter part was posted by a long-time, well known freeper but I just can't remember who it was. Maybe cajungirl? Calpernia? The family left well before Sunday morning. I'm not sure when the mayor himself left.

[IronMan04]

Well that is not much of a source.

However, my cousin's next door neighbor's dog's vet's brother-in-law that lives on Lowerline said that the mayor flew over his house in his helicopter laughing at him.

BTW, if the mayor did get his family out of town on his private Mayor Copter on Friday he did so even before the National Weather Service issued a hurricane watch for New Orleans.

[IronMan04]

Well that is not much of a source.

However, my cousin's next door neighbor's dog's vet's brother-in-law that lives on Lowerline said that the mayor flew over his house in his helicopter laughing at him.

BTW, if the mayor did get his family out of town on his private Mayor Copter on Friday he did so even before the National Weather Service issued a hurricane watch for New Orleans.

[IronMan04]

Well that is not much of a source.

However, my cousin's next door neighbor's dog's vet's brother-in-law that lives on Lowerline said that the mayor flew over his house in his helicopter laughing at him.

BTW, if the mayor did get his family out of town on his private Mayor Copter on Friday he did so even before the National Weather Service issued a hurricane watch for New Orleans.

[Calpernia]

They left Friday. Yes, helicoptered out. I wasn't the poster of that info. I think you are right about it being Cajungirl.

[cajungirl]

I don't know about the Mayors familly at all but he stayed in NO the entire time.

[ladyjane]

if the mayor did get his family out of town on his private Mayor Copter on Friday he did so even before the National Weather Service issued a hurricane watch for New Orleans

Nope. As of Friday noon many of the models predicted the storm to hit NO and head up through TN and NC. I made sure our cars were filled and added to our emergency supplies and I am 1,000 miles away from NO

By Friday night Max Mayfield of the National Hurricane Center took the unprecedented action of calling the mayor and the governor personally to plead with them to begin MANDATORY evacuation of New Orleans. and they said they'd take it under consideration.

His family was long gone by that time.

[willieroe]

bump

[Calpernia]

Howlin, do you remember how we heard about Nagin having his family evacuated out of N.O.?

[IronMan04]

I was in New Orleans Friday afternoon and the hurricane looked like it was heading for the Flo or AL Coast and the winds were 105 mph.

I Evacuated on Saturday.

BTW-Where is your information on the mayor's family leaving the city by helicopter on Friday?

[ladyjane]

see the above posts

[willieroe]

bump

[Howlin]

Not to point to it, no, but I've seen it a 100 times on the threads.

[Calpernia]

Me too. I just can't think of where I saw it first. I thought it was Cajungirl; but I guess I was wrong.

[IronMan04]

Still looking for a source?