Followed a trail of links. including this really good one, to find this article, published last Monday.
Category 5 storm nearing La. coastline
August 29, 2005
By Mike Hasten
mhasten@gannett.com
BATON ROUGE -- Loaded with winds clocked at 175 miles per hour and a storm surge of 34 feet, Hurricane Katrina had both barrels aimed at New Orleans late Sunday.
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New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin ordered evacuation of the Crescent City less than 24 hours before the Category 5 storm was expected to hit.
Nagin's order came moments after President George W. Bush told Gov. Kathleen Blanco that he wanted everyone to get out of New Orleans, if possible.
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