[StBernard] St. Bernard Parish mandatory evacuation could begin at 4 pm Saturday

[Westley Annis]

St. Bernard Parish mandatory evacuation could begin at 4 pm Saturday

08:58 PM CDT on Friday, August 29, 2008


St. Bernard Parish says that a mandatory evacuation could begin at 4 p.m.
Saturday, according to Parish President Craig Taffaro. 


When the evacuation is called, Taffaro said the parish's borders would be
closed and that no one would be let back into the parish. He said that
people could still leave the parish hand move about inside the parish, but
they could not return once they leave. 


Taffaro said that people could leave until a curfew is called, at which time
the parish would put out additional patrols that include St. Bernard Parish
deputies and National Guard to protect people's property. 


Taffaro said that Sheriff Jack Stephens said that anyone caught moving about
the parish after the curfew, with the perceived intention to commit crimes,
would be arrested and taken to Angola until the storm passed.