The Saturday before Katrina hit(Monday) Nagin was in Baton Rouge at a party. President Bush called him to urge him to evacuate New Orleans. On Sunday he finaly did but did not use the buses to evacuate the 9th Ward. The Head of The Weather Service had called Nagin on Friday urging him to do the same. And Bush gets the blame for the inactions of an incompetent Mayor and Governor.
Sixteen people from one family flew to TX today already from NO. They are scared, don't want to go through another. Maybe they will leave this time.