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  • New Orleans has evacuation plan for next storm season

    05/03/2006 9:02:07 AM PDT · by Graybeard58 · 41 replies · 888+ views
    Waterbury Republican-American ^ | May 3, 2006 | associated press
    NEW ORLEANS -- Mayor Ray Nagin unveiled a new evacuation strategy for New Orleans on Tuesday that relies more on buses and trains and eliminates the Superdome and Convention Center as shelters. "There will be no shelter of last resort in the event of a major hurricane coming our way," Nagin declared. The mayor, facing a runoff election May 20, has been widely criticized for failing to get the city's most vulnerable residents out of town as Hurricane Katrina approached. The Superdome and Morial Convention Center became a scene of misery for days after the Aug. 29 hurricane as thousands...