New Orleans to be Evacuated…Again

Seen at the Times-Picayune:

Mayor Ray Nagin late Saturday warned that Gustav is the "mother of all storms" and ordered a mandatory evacuation for the West Bank of New Orleans for 8 a.m. Sunday and noon for the East Bank.

"We want 100 percent evacuation," said Nagin. "It has the potential to impact every area of this metropolitan. […]

The West Bank has 8-foot-high to 10-foot-high protection, he said. Gustav’s storm surge may be 15-, to 18- to 24-feet high.

Good luck, folks; take care and get out of harm’s way this time, please.