According to the news I am watching right now. During their governors news 
conference they said how the mayor of the city sent buses throughout the 
city trying to get people to leave the city before the storm. They described 
it as "pleading" with them to get out but said many had lasted through other 
hurricanes so felt they could do the same now.

On 9/1/05, S. Isaac Dealey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 
> 
> There was a $20 toll to get out of the city?
> 
> > Sadly, a lot of the people simply could not afford to pay
> > the 20 Bucks to leave.
> > The poverty in New Orleans that this reveals is just...
> 
> > They couldn't afford to leave.
> 
>


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