Posted on 05/02/2006 1:53:55 PM PDT by dubie
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (AP) -- Mayor Ray Nagin unveiled a new evacuation strategy for New Orleans on Tuesday that relies more on buses and trains and eliminates the Superdome and Convention Center as shelters.
"There will be no shelter of last resort," Nagin declared.
The mayor, facing a runoff election May 20, has been widely criticized for failing to get the city's most vulnerable residents out of town as Hurricane Katrina approached.
The Superdome and Morial Convention Center became a scene of misery for days after the August 29 hurricane as thousands of evacuees, many of them ill or elderly, languished with shortages of food and water. (Watch why FEMA is on a hiring binge -- 2:12)
In the future, Nagin said, the Convention Center will be a staging point for evacuations, not a shelter.
"Amtrak trains will also be used for evacuation purposes, which we're really excited about," Nagin said. He said federal Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff had cleared the way for the use of passenger trains.
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Doesn't matter. It will still be Bush's fault. The next big one could strike this August or August 2026 and it will still be Bush's fault.
... And people thought he was slow....
Bush does have a hurricane maker you know...
Nagin and Blanco -- two generic liberal losers. Nagin just wants to keep his vote-providing ghetto going.
I did tell my husband after seeing United 93 that Bush must have posted the bombs that broke the levees while he was in LA on 9/11. Right? (*sarcasm tag for those who don't understand sarcasm)
That guys smart.
Beat the rush. Get out now.
Um... Isn't this the old plan? The Superdome and Convention Center weren't supposed to be shelters last time *either*...
Ray "Chocolate City" Nagin, the extraordinary moron mayor of New Orleans. Watching the USA sink is a real treat, if only it were not so true. Nagin, the CBC, the NAACP, the Democrat "traitor/treason" party, no drilling for oil, no new refineries, the illegal immigrants, all helping the Iranians setting us up for a nuke strike, and the American sheep, sorry I mean the Amereican people/voters stand by and do nothing. Sad!!!
Throwing out the baby with the bath water.
*planted even
The new plan is the old plan they never used.
You're right. There will be people -- and not only a few -- who will refuse to evacuate. Nagin said there will be no shelter of last resort. Bush will be blamed for that.
I am so glad to be out of that area. I've been saying that the next hurricane threat will be by far the biggest evacuation effort out of that area so far. It will be a nightmare trying to get out of there. I've told my sister that she had better plan to get out of there several days ahead of time if she wants to avoid being stuck in traffic for days.
Oh, and Bush will be blamed for that as well. :-)
He's too stupid to IMPLEMENT any PLAN! They (Blanco and Nagin) stood around when the rest of the country could see on the WEATHER CHANNEL that they were going to be in big trouble! They place more emphasis on making sure MARDI GRAS doesn't get discontinued than with PUTTING their CITY back TOGETHER!
That picture's funny. (And I was just accused of not having a sense of humor) LOL!
Meet the new plan, same as the old plan.
Maybe Ray will use the plan next time.
I'm sure the upcoming election has nothing to do with this sudden plan.
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