In a dress rehearsal for the coming hurricane season, Mayor Ray Nagin summoned reporters to City Hall while state and federal authorities in Baton Rouge tracked the path of an erratic "Hurricane Alicia" that aimed first for Texas, then toward New Orleans. It was the beginning of two days worth of mock evacuations and drills aimed at avoiding the chaos that followed last year's deadly Hurricane Katrina.
Officials have noticed that more people are saying the will be leaving when the real thing hits, rather than thousands staying behind to 'wait it out' as with Katrina. The drills that began Tuesday in New Orleans and Baton Rouge will allow first responders and others, including Nagin and Gov. Kathleen Blanco, to react as though a Category 3 hurricane was hitting the state's Gulf Coast.
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I am glad that people are realizing that a hurrican is not to be taken lightly. People need to stop thinking they can just sit by and it won't get them. It is not like a bear and you can play dead. I think this sounds like a good program that is helping the state become better prepared.
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good point
which one??