New Orleans Evacuation
As Hurricane Gustav bore down on the gulf coast August 30, 2008, New Orleans residents began preparing for evacuation in light of the lessons learned from the evacuation before Hurricane Katrina's landfall on August 29, 2005. Mayor of New Orleans, Ray Nagin, called for a mandatory evacuation of the city on August 30, 2008.
Gustav was a Category 2 hurricane when it hit the U.S. on Monday, September 1, 2008, making landfall near Cocodrie, Louisiana, at 10:30 a.m. EST.1
Fast Facts
- Population (2008): 310,000 to 340,0002
- Population (2000 census): 455,0003
- Officials promise no "shelters of last resort"4
- The Superdome will be locked2
- Contraflow traffic patterns put into place very early August 31, 20085
- Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal declared a state of emergency and put 3000 U.S. National Guard members on standby beginning August 27, 20086
- $7 million contract for bus transport to aid evacuees2
- Residents who do not evacuate asked to accept "all responsibility for themselves and their loved ones"4
- All hotels closed beginning August 30, 20084
- Jails emptied2
- Business owners concerned that police won't control looting4
Quotes
"What you're going to see is the product of three years of planning, training and exercising at all levels of government, starting with the local and the state level and leading up to the federal level"— U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff4
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