Daily News:
Mayor Nagin orders mandatory evacuation of New Orleans
BY HELEN KENNEDY
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Updated Sunday, August 31st 2008, 1:51 AM
NEW ORLEANS - Haunted by memories of Katrina's wrath, the people of the Big Easy fled Hurricane Gustav Saturday, lining up for buses and jamming the roads ahead of a mandatory evacuation ordered for 8 a.m. Sunday morning.
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I-10 headed west was a parking lot. Motels were booked up as far away as Oklahoma.
Gustav, set to start battering the city tomorrow night or Tuesday morning, unexpectedly gained near-Category 5 strength as it pummeled Cuba's mainland Saturday.
