30 Aug 08 Hurricane Gustav : New Orleans Mayor Nagin orders mandatory evacuation … “the storm of the century” - evacuation order video

Well, just reading some BBC Breaking News… earlier in the evening, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin was filmed saying that New Orleans residents “should” leave….

Barely 2 hours after that interview, the BBC is reporting some pretty stark words from Mayor Nagin;

the storm of the century

you need to be scared

the mother of all storms

the National Weather Service is saying it’s the worst possible storm that they can imagine

Now ordinarily, this could be written off as hyperbole and perhaps even fear-mongering, but coming from the mayor of New Orleans which survived the devastation of Katrina, … if this man is so worried, I think all residents in Gustav’s path should listen to his words.

“This is not a test.”

Full BBC News Video is here.

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