[StBernard] 2006 Evacuations

[Westley Annis]

I thought  everyone would like to read this ---
State may  order evacuations even for tropical storms in '06
10:21 AM CST on Friday, February  24, 2006
Associated Press  
BATON ROUGE, La. -- Emergency officials may order more evacuations this

hurricane season, even for tropical storms, because so many people are
living in  
vulnerable mobile homes and travel trailers.  
Colonel Jeff Smith, deputy secretary of the Louisiana Office of Homeland

Security and Emergency Preparedness, says the state faces two big
hurdles going  
into hurricane season. Whether the levee systems will be upgraded in
time and  
the fact that so many people are living in mobile homes and travel
trailers 
in  coastal areas.  
Smith says that combination means the state may have to call for more  
evacuations.  
Louisiana suffered a one-two punch last year from hurricanes Katrina and

Rita. Smith says that makes the state more vulnerable this season, which
begins  
June first.  
(Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)  
JoS