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I was just on that thread that said the dome had to be evacuated. Admin pulled it, said it was false?

Aug 30, 4:40 PM EDT
Gov.: New Orleans Needs to Be Evacuated
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- With water rising in the streets of New Orleans and conditions rapidly deteriorating, Gov. Kathleen Blanco said Tuesday that the tens of thousands of people now huddled in the Superdome and other rescue centers would have to be evacuated.
"The situation is untenable," Blanco said at a news conference. "It's just heartbreaking."
Because of two levees that broke Tuesday, the city was rapidly filling with water, the governor said. She also said the power could be out for a long time, and the storm broke a major water main, leaving the city without drinkable water.

329 posted on 08/30/2005 2:14:15 PM PDT by michigander (The Constitution only guarantees the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.)

It's not false - Drudge has it up now with link to WWLTV.com:

3:25 P.M. - With conditions in the hurricane-ravaged city of New Orleans rapidly deteriorating, Gov. Kathleen Blanco said Tuesday that people now huddled in the Superdome and other rescue centers need to be evacuated.

393 posted on 08/30/2005 2:20:17 PM PDT by cgk (We'll have to deal w/ the networks. One way to do that is to drain the swamp they live in - Rumsfeld)