Governor Jindal Mobilizes Troops and Evac Busses

Maybe a few lessons have been learned from Katrina.   Seen at NOLA.com:

Gov. Bobby Jindal declared a pre-storm state of emergency this afternoon, announcing the mobilization of 3,000 National Guard with as many 5,000 call-ups possible depending on the course of Hurricane Gustav. […]

Contracts for 700 buses also have been activated, Jindal said, with the out-of-state fleet expected to arrive Thursday to assist local parish evacuation plans for people without their own transportation. Jindal said the buses are intended to serve as many as 35,000 people.

The 10pm CDT update on still has Gustav bound for New Orleans, albeit now as a cat 2 storm, rather than a cat 3.

However, the Gulf is a bit of a wild card when it comes to storms…so any thing, or any landfall point is still possible.