That's funny, because I recall evacuating three days before Katrina hit.
This is my last try. I hate these pissing matches all the time. Neither you or I have seen all of the messages, although the media has, presumably. The following was from a WAFB TV report yesterday. That station is in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, home of Louisiana government.
"The mayor and the governor called for the mandatory evacuation for Katrina less than 24 hours before the storm hit, and one haunting sentence in the plan seemed to be all but forgotten:
"Approximately 100,000 citizens of New Orleans do not have means of personal transportation."
You can read the full story by doing a search of posts. I believe it was posted by LA Woman.