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Nagin considers
mandatory evacuation order
Nagin
considers mandatory evacuation order
10:20 PM CDT on
Saturday, August 27, 2005
WWLTV.com
New
Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin said he may call for the first-ever
mandatory evacuation in city history after talking with the
head of the Hurricane Center who said a storm surge of 20-25
feet could be expected with major hurricane Katrina.
Nagin said he would consider ordering evacuations by
Sunday morning and may employ buses and trains to help get
people out of the city.
In an interview on Eyewitness
News, Nagin said his Saturday night dinner was interrupted by
an urgent call from Governor Kathleen Blanco who asked Nagin
to call the Hurricane Center.
Nagin said the Hurricane
Center Chief told the mayor that if it was possible at all, he
should order an evacuation due to winds that could reach 145
miles per hour sustained and 170 mile per hour gusts.
Nagin said he would put his wife and family on a plane
and he urged everyone to do anything they could to get out.
“All models say this storm will land right on top of
New Orleans,” he said.
Nagin said he would call
churches and urge them to have their congregations adopt
seniors or someone who doesn’t have transportation and get
them out.
“I don’t want to wake up one day and not
have done all I could do with a catastrophe on top of us.”
Nagin said anyone trying to stay in a city hotel or
hoping for an opening of the Superdome might want to think
again.
According to Nagin, if 18 to 20 feet of water
came into the city it could be six or seven weeks to restore
power and the Superdome and hotels would grow
uncomfortable.
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08-28-2005 02:57
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