# If Ray Nagin gets re-elected in April

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [January 17, 2006, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-ray-nagin-gets-re-elected-in-april/340424 "2006-01-17T22:17:52Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 20, 2006, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-ray-nagin-gets-re-elected-in-april/340424/81 "2006-01-20T08:43:29Z")

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> [@duffer](#):
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> …the problem is he didn’t do anything about the known threat…

From a [blog](http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/archives/005372.php) hostile to the mayor,

> [@](#):
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> New Orleans established a time line for evacuations:
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> Evacuation notices or orders will be issued during three stages prior to gale force winds making landfall.
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> [INDENT]\> Precautionary Evacuation Notice: 72 hours or less
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> \> Special Needs Evacuation Order: 8-12 hours after Precautionary Evacuation Notice issued
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> \> General Evacuation Notice: 48 hours or less[/INDENT]
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> The mandatory evacuation order came a little less than 48 hours before the storm made landfall,…Further, the precautionary evac notice came about 96 hours before landfall

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