Nagin estimated 50,000 to 100,000 people remained in New Orleans, a city of nearly half a million people. He said 14,000 to 15,000 a day could be evacuated. ... Louisiana Governor Talks to FNC...
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"The mayor certainly has ordered that but the governor, and that would be ... The mayor's everyone-out directive — which superseded an earlier, milder order to evacuate made before Hurricane Katrina crashed ashore Aug. 29 — came after rescuers scouring New Orleans found hundreds of people ignoring warnings to get out.
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The criticism of the government response to Hurricane Katrina consisted primarily of condemnations of mismanagement and lack of preparation in the relief effort in response to Hurricane Katrina and ...
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; CNN aired this incredible interview with the outspoken mayor of New Orleans, Ray Nagin yesterday morning. From the CNN transcript: ... Listed below are links to weblogs that reference New Orleans Mayor Blast Governor's Delays, "More People Died":
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The governor of Louisiana asked the President for help on the 27th, before Katrina hit, for the most affected parishes. The city of New Orleans was under mandatory evacuation on the 28th (according to the state plan to allow for surrounding, lowlying, and coastal areas to evacuate first).
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"More than 200,000 have left the New Orleans area,'' Edmonson said. "These are not the numbers we saw during Katrina because people left earlier and heeded the recommendations of the governor.'' ... "I don't want people in the coastal areas . . . riding out the storm,'' Jindal said. "They must evacuate and . . .
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Louisiana Governor Orders New Orleans To Be Evacuated ... Meanwhile as this country remains focused on the devastation in the New Orleans region, tragedy also struck today in Iraq. More than 650 people have died in Baghdad in a stampede of Shiite pilgrims. The deaths came as about one million Shiites were marching in a...
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The governor has issued a mandatory evacuation and is putting together a plan to get everyone out, ... They also have pictures, but it seems as if there will be no new information from them for a while as the staff has had to evacuate. Take care, people of New Orleans. Please stay safe. We're thinking about you.
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In the southern U.S. city of New Orleans, authorities are ordering all residents to evacuate before the expected arrival of a severe hurricane with winds of 250 kilometers per hour. ... In the coastal state of Louisiana, Governor Kathleen Blanco says there is great concern for the city of New Orleans, which is nearly two...
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As Deborah alluded to in her report, there are no strong estimates of the number of people, although thought to be in the thousands, that remain stranded in the city of New Orleans tonight. There are no firm numbers at all in the number of people in New Orleans who lost their lives.
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