It's all a blur..when it was I can't say- but I HEARD Max Mayfield in an interview saying he'd called the mayor and basically begged him.
Unbelievable.
The mayor himself said Sat night that Max Mayfield put the fear of God into him, and he was having the city attorney research whether he had the power to order a mandatory evacuation. The odds that the city attorney researched anything are about zero. That was just spin. In any event, it was all a farce, because no public transportation was offered, and the "mandatory" bit was unenfoceable. It apparently didn't occur to the mayor to try to commandeer public transportation vehicles.
"...I HEARD Max Mayfield in an interview saying he'd called the mayor and basically begged him."
I was streaming WWL, and saw the Mayor say this himself.
Well, except for the "begging" part. ;o)
The Mayor was pleading for the people to evacuate, while
the attorneys were checking the legalities of a mandatory
evacuation order.
Wussie buncha 'Rats...