Mandatory Evacuation Ordered in New Orleans Ahead of ‘mother of All Storms,’ Hurricane Gustav

Ray Nagin, the mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana has ordered a mandatory evacuation of the city ahead of Hurricane Gustav. Nagin states that residents “need to be scared” in what he calls “the mother of all storms”. Residents are to be out of the city by Sunday evening.

Tens of thousands of people had already began to flee the city on Saturday. Nagin also stated that as many as 10,000 people were taken out of the city by buses they provided, trains and planes.

“This storm is so powerful and growing more powerful every day. I’m not sure we’ve seen anything like this,” said Nagin to reporters during a press conference Saturday.

“If you are stubborn enough, if you are not taking this as seriously as we need you to take it, and if you decide to stay; you are on your own. Anyone who decides to stay, I’ll say it like I said it before Katrina: make sure you have an axe, because you will be carving your way, or busting your way out of your attic to get on your roof with waters that you will be surrounded with in this event,” said Nagin during a press conference yesterday.

In 2005, New Orleans was devastated when levees broke during Hurricane Katrina. Nearly 2,000 people were killed when the storm made landfall along Louisiana’s coast.

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