Residents Flood Back To Big Easy

September 4th, 2008

Hurricane Gustav visited New Orleans but left it relatively unscathed gustav_new_orleans_return.jpg


Eager to get back to the Big Easy, thousands of residents poured back into New Orleans following the city’s encounter with Gustav. But Mayor Ray Nagin was forced to back down from his own decree – that New Orleanians wait until checkpoints were officially lifted before returning – as traffic flooded the Causeway toward the city. By midnight, the surge was seemingly unstoppable for homesick residents, and eight hours later, Nagin gave up. “No one will be turned back if you have an identification card that you live in this area,” Nagin said in a radio interview. “This is not the best time for them to return, but so be it.” The New Orleans Times-Picayune reported that “Nagin’s unexpected decision caused confusion among motorists and law enforcement agencies in both Jefferson and Orleans, who were helping manage reentry traffic.” There were several reasons that officials wanted to prevent residents from returning to New Orleans so soon after Gustav, including downed power lines, flooding, and no power or running water in some areas. Even at that, the destruction wasn’t even close to that of Hurricane Katrina three years earlier.

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TRACEY LOVE Said on

My heart goes out to them cause I had ten of my relatives here with me in Dallas tx While they waited for the storm to go over!!!! I was at the point to say to them just stay here we will figure this out!!!!! I work at a hospital and they are alway hiring!! Thats one thing I know!!!!! when all else fails and you “really” need a job, at least you know that hospitals, and funeral homes, and supermarkets(well for right now with supermarkets) you know you can get a job!!!!! for real!!!!!!! But they wanted to go back!!! I was mad at first, but everybody has to find their own way!!!!! thats why I left my door open for “MY” family!!!! I dont want them to have to worry nuthin!!!!! I got them!!! Love ya’ll BET!



tiny-tee Said on

They have suffered enough and i think they should get what ever they want i can just emagine what they have seen when the hurricane hit what they have seen we would not even have a clue and i know it replays over-and over again in there minds on a daily basis my prayer goes out to every body who has to deal with that one-love.



San Said on

Nagin did what he had to do to keep his people happy. Most people did not have the funds to continue to stay at Hotels or maybe they did not have any releatives and were on their own in the streets and that is not safe. So, I think that we should see the big picture and let the man Govern his people the way that he thinks he should.



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