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...family and I were torn about whether to stay in the city or leave town," Martin said by e-mail. "Though there was a 'mandatory' evacuation, we knew that our part of town (The Garden District/Uptown) would not flood, and we wanted to take care of any damage to our house if need...
...themselves in front of a Cafe du Monde that lacked both chairs and the famous beignets. Elsewhere in the city, New Orleans evacuees had put their cars on the "neutral ground," as the space between the lanes of streets is called here, hoping that might save their vehicles from flooding. Never mind that the patch of land is barely a half-foot above ground. Perhaps the liveliest discussion came on the radio airwaves, where several callers cast their decision to stay as a battle of man versus nature. Meanwhile, residents of the seemingly flood-resistant Uptown neighborhood, defied Gustav from...
...addition to Gustav's 12-foot storm surge, rain has been heavy, and three rivers in Harrison County are expected to crest above flood stage tomorrow, further complicating matters. But Pollard says things went smoothly for the county thanks to good planning and a new initiative by the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency, which coordinated with the state department of education to transport 539 people by school bus to shelters in Jackson, Miss. at no charge. Late on Sunday night, the county opened nine area schools, bringing the total number of sheltered residents to just over...
...late Sunday Col. Mike Edmondson, state police commander, said he believed that 90% of the population had fled the Louisiana coast. The exodus of 1.9 million people is the largest evacuation in state history, and thousands more had left from Mississippi, Alabama and flood-prone southeast Texas...
...food aid has reached only to the peripheries of the flood affected areas. Unable to wait for help any longer, those at the center of the floods have begun an exodus, mainly on foot or on the few boats available. The pictures of those stranded - standing on bits of highway but surrounded by water and looking up at the helicopters they hope might save them - will look familiar to anyone who saw the images of the rooftops of New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina. India has grown accustomed to natural disaster, but like its North American cousin, this one also looks...