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| Last Edited | PragCon 3.0 Aug 30, 2008 09:35pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - New Orleans Times-Picayune |
| News Date | Sunday, August 31, 2008 03:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Warning that Gustav is the "mother of all storms," Mayor Ray Nagin late Saturday ordered a mandatory evacuation of the West Bank of New Orleans for 8 a.m. Sunday and the east bank for noon.
"We want 100 percent evacuation," Nagin said. "It has the potential to impact every area of this metropolitan area."
Katrina had a footprint of about 400 miles, he said. Gustav is about 900 miles and growing, Nagin said.
"This is worse than a Betsy, worse than a Katrina," he said.
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