[Diddle E. Squat]

The mayor had already sent his family out of New Orleans by the Saturday morning news conference. His family was safe and he knew he'd never end up in a shelter.

Are you sure about that? There were several reports that the mayor was at dinner with his family Saturday night when Max Mayfield at the NHC called to implore him in the strongest terms to max out the evacuation.

[ladyjane]

I'm not positive about it but they said that on the television Saturday morning that he had already evacuated his family and he was staying.