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Progress In New Orleans

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Hurricane Katrina

Looks like the citizens who didn’t want to go will be forced to leave.

Good.

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (CNN) — New Orleans’ mayor ordered law enforcement agencies Tuesday night to remove everyone from the city who is not involved in cleaning up after Hurricane Katrina, whether they want to go or not.

Mayor Ray Nagin instructed all public safety officers “to compel the evacuation of all persons … regardless of whether such persons are on private property or do not desire to leave,” according to a written statement from his office.

The order did not apply to people in Algiers on the West Bank side of Orleans Parish.

Many residents have refused to leave New Orleans despite a mandatory evacuation and warnings from government officials that staying in the flooded city represents a health risk.

We can only hope for the best now.

2 Responses to “Progress In New Orleans”

Joshua Says:
September 7th, 2005 at 1:26 pm
Of course, this begs the question of how they will handle those who are still armed and refuse to leave. After all if you have to kill them, that defeats the purpose of trying to evacuate them in the first place.
debsay Says:
September 8th, 2005 at 12:55 pm
Oh well, maybe it will make it easier the next time they are told to evacuate….

You have to draw the line somewhere, I don’t have a problem with killing the idiots that are shooting at rescuers anyway…..

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