Saturday, August 30, 2008

Mandatory Evacuation issued in New Orleans

"NEW ORLEANS — City officials ordered everyone to leave New Orleans beginning Sunday morning — the first mandatory evacuation since Hurricane Katrina flooded the city three years ago — as Hurricane Gustav grew into what the city’s mayor called “the storm of the century” on Saturday and moved toward the Louisiana coast."

New York Times - Current Information

1 comment:

Colleen Mullins said...

Some interesting video:

http://www.nola.com/hurricane/index.ssf/2008/09/lakeview_resident_holds_down_t.html