Sunday, August 28, 2005
New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin followed at 5 p.m., issuing a voluntary evacuation.
Nagin said late Saturday that he's having his legal staff look into whether he can order a mandatory evacuation of the city, a step he's been hesitant to do because of potential liability on the part of the city for closing hotels and other businesses.
http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/frontpage/index.ssf?/base/news-4/1125213007249320.xml
And the Governor just sat back and watched.