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Mandatory evacuations to begin Sunday morning in New Orleans
CNN ^ | 08/30/2008 | CNN

Posted on 08/30/2008 6:26:11 PM PDT by autumnraine

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (CNN) -- New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin ordered a mandatory evacuation of the city beginning 8 a.m. Sunday morning but urged residents to consider escaping "the mother of all storms" before then.

New Orleans residents leave Friday via Interstate 10 westbound ahead of Hurricane Gustav.

1 of 3 more photos » "You need to be scared," Nagin said. "You need to be concerned and you need to get your butts moving out of New Orleans right now. This is the storm of the century."

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: chocolatecity; evacuation; gustav; motherofallstorms; nagin; schoolbuses
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1 posted on 08/30/2008 6:26:11 PM PDT by autumnraine
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To: autumnraine

huh?

you mean i can’t stay and then blame the president afterwards?


2 posted on 08/30/2008 6:33:31 PM PDT by ken21 (people die and you never hear from them again.)
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To: autumnraine

CNN breaking news email:

— Mayor Ray Nagin orders New Orleans evacuated, calling Hurricane Gustav “the mother of all storms.”


3 posted on 08/30/2008 6:33:36 PM PDT by RDTF (my worst nightmare is being on jury duty sequestered with 11 liberals)
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To: autumnraine

Hope and pray things will go ok for them. I hear that there will be no Superdome shelter this time. I assume Ray Nagin and his people decided not to have a shelter of last resort again, to hopefully encourage all to just evacuate out of town.


4 posted on 08/30/2008 6:33:47 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: autumnraine
Giant Germanic storm on the move! Chocolate city in Peril! Paging Governor Jindal!
5 posted on 08/30/2008 6:33:59 PM PDT by Shqipo (Palin for Veep...? The shot....SCORE!!!!!)
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To: autumnraine

Hey, Chocolate Boy! You still got some of those bazookas left over from Katrina?


6 posted on 08/30/2008 6:34:15 PM PDT by Old Sarge (I am not voting for McCain - I'm voting for PALIN!)
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To: ken21

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnSAAVuEob8


7 posted on 08/30/2008 6:35:18 PM PDT by Perdogg
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To: ken21

heck with the stadium, they’ll be waiting in line for their ATM with Obabma’s face on it!


8 posted on 08/30/2008 6:42:02 PM PDT by jhw61
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To: autumnraine

And if this thing hits NO with as much destruction as Katrina, Bush will get the blame and the Fed will be expected to pick up the tab for yet another rebuilding of a coastal city setting below sea level. ;-(


9 posted on 08/30/2008 6:44:46 PM PDT by doc1019 (Palin '12)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

If you go back and read the Times-Picayune it was Mitch Landreau who urged people to stay at the Super Dome and actually sent the LANG in to feed them there instead of bringing them out.

In Michael Brown’s upcoming book he will claim that he wanted to airlift the people out, but TSA said no. Brown even proposed stationing a marine on board, TSA still said no.


10 posted on 08/30/2008 6:47:10 PM PDT by Perdogg
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To: Perdogg

that’s funny!

i like the table being removed.


11 posted on 08/30/2008 6:49:10 PM PDT by ken21 (people die and you never hear from them again.)
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To: autumnraine

Why can’t we go to the football stadium?


12 posted on 08/30/2008 6:50:33 PM PDT by Hattie
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13 posted on 08/30/2008 6:51:08 PM PDT by buccaneer81 (Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
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To: autumnraine

Who has the legal authority to order someone out of their home because of some possible natural disaster? Wouldn’t it take a court order of some kind in most states?


14 posted on 08/30/2008 6:51:30 PM PDT by Buffalo Head (Illigitimi non carborundum)
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To: ken21

People are being evacuated to here East Tennessee.....now. It was on tv news teaser.


15 posted on 08/30/2008 6:53:46 PM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 . Conservation? Let the NE Yankees freeze.... in the dark)
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To: autumnraine

Hey Nagin, what about the plan you had last time? Why bother? Just let the buses flood, then blame the president.
Also, make sure you blame Bush for levee breaches, in case there’s another failure where your brother did the repair work.


16 posted on 08/30/2008 6:57:27 PM PDT by CommieCutter
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To: bert

Tennessee?why so far up?


17 posted on 08/30/2008 6:59:33 PM PDT by hercuroc
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To: autumnraine

Nagin makes me ill. New Orleans deserves whatever fate awaits it after re-electing this bumbling racist. But I still hope and pray all its citizens can get to safety.


18 posted on 08/30/2008 7:00:07 PM PDT by impeachedrapist (All hail the empty toga!)
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To: autumnraine

Probably should have called it today, but better late than never.


19 posted on 08/30/2008 7:00:41 PM PDT by Amelia
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To: autumnraine

Will they get the DEA, National Guard and CA Highway Patrol again if some people don’t want to leave?


20 posted on 08/30/2008 7:01:07 PM PDT by wastedyears (Show me your precious darlings, and I will crush them all)
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