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  • Some Can't Evacuate New Orleans for Ivan (2004 Flashback)

    09/04/2005 1:38:07 PM PDT · by Diva Betsy Ross · 32 replies · 3,489+ views
    2004 | By MARY FOSTER, Associated Press Writer
    Some Can't Evacuate New Orleans for Ivan By MARY FOSTER, Associated Press Writer NEW ORLEANS - Fleeing to safety was not an option for some people as 140-mph Hurricane Ivan churned toward the Gulf Coast, threatening to submerge the below-sea-level city in what could be the most disastrous storm to hit in nearly 40 years. Latonya Hill, who waited out the dangerous storm sitting on her stoop Tuesday, said the official pleas for residents to pack up and leave meant little to her. "Got no place to go and no way to get there," said the 57-year-old grandmother, who lives...