// August 31st, 2008 // Comments Off // Uncategorized
1) New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin says Gustav is "The mother of all storms!
You need to be scared and you need to get your butts moving out of New
Orleans… this is the storm of the century." He has ordered a MANDATORY
EVACUATION of the Westbank at 8am and ALL of New Orleans at noon.
2) Jefferson Parish President Aaron Broussard says residents need to get
out ahead of Gustav for their own protection. He announced "The threat
that is coming our way… is our worst case scenario. You have not endured
this type of storm… in our modern history Please, Please leave." The
Westbank of Jefferson is under a MANDATORY evacuation at 8:00am. Broussard
says he will likely order a mandatory evacuation on the Eastbank soon.
3) St. Tammany Parish President Kevin Davis has announced a MANDATORY
evacuation for all areas south of Interstate 12 and all areas east of
Interstate 59 in St. Tammany Parish at 7am. He told Northshore residents
"We're talking about 17 feet to 20 feet storm surge in St. Tammany
Parish… it is extremely important to heed these warnings and evacuate."
There is a voluntary evacuation for the remainder of St. Tammany Parish
immediately.
4) Other Parishes in Southeast Louisiana with MANDATORY evacuations are:
Lafourche – Plaquemines – St. Bernard – St. Charles – St. John – St.
Mary -Terrebonne- And Tangipahoa south of Highway 22
5) Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal says "This is a very, very serious
storm… this is a storm that has a potential to cause tremendous
damage… we could see flooding that is worse that what we saw in
Katrina." He urged everyone to get out of Gustav's path.
6) The National Hurricane Center says Gustav is a "very dangerous"
category four storm barreling into the Gulf of Mexico with winds of 140
miles per hour.
7) Channel Four Chief Meteorologist Carl Arredondo says the track "shifted
to the right" in the 10pm forecast from the National Hurricane Center. He
says, "That is not good news. because that would bring the strongest of
the winds closer to Southeast Louisiana, New Orleans and the River
Parishes.
Gustav is forecast to become a monster category five hurricane and make
landfall in or near Southeast Louisiana Monday night or Tuesday morning.
9) All of the Louisiana coast is now under a hurricane watch. The National
Hurricane Center says hurricane force winds will be whipping the coast in
the next 36 hours.
10) Contra flow will begin at 4am. Authorities will turn all lanes of
I-10, I-12, I-59, I-55 and The Causeway heading OUT of Southeast Louisiana
to relieve miles and miles of bumper to bumper evacuee traffic.
WWL
