New Orleans Gets a New Hurricane Plan

New Orleans Gets a New Hurricane Plan: "New Orleans Gets a New Hurricane Plan
Mayor Emphasizes Evacuation, Not Shelters; Buses and Trains to Run

By Peter Whoriskey and Spencer S. Hsu
Washington Post Staff Writers
Wednesday, May 3, 2006; Page A03

New Orleans Mayor C. Ray Nagin unveiled a hurricane evacuation plan yesterday that embodies some of Katrina's fatal lessons, ruling out city shelters such as the Superdome and making it easier for residents to heed his orders to flee.

The thrust of the plan is to encourage people to leave the flood-prone metropolis before a storm and avoid a repeat of the Katrina aftermath, when as many as 100,000 residents resisted Nagin's call for mandatory evacuation."