Hsve to disagree here. Every one of us in hurricane areas knows full well the 72 hour rule. We are now in the 72 hours following the storm today. FEMA was staging prior to landfall.
May posted, just got back to online:
FROM WWL:
Updates as they come in on Katrina
11:48 AM CDT on Thursday, September 1, 2005
Tom Planchet
11:44 A.M. - St. Bernard Parish official Walter Leger - thousands still trapped in St. Bernard. Thousands more are staying on the levee and are being taken by ferry to Algiers.
Maybe the 72 hour rule should be revisited. I was thinking maybe mandatory should mean mandatory or pick a different word to express why people should evac.