wouldn't you question the motive of someone telling you not to prepare? two days before hurricane katrina hit new orleans on august 27, 2005, the national hurricane director max mayfield called mayor nagin to advise him to order mandatory evacuation, get everybody out. what did mayor nagin do instead? he declared a state of emergency and urged residents in low-lying area to evacuate. new orleans is in a bowl. all of it. shouldn't you tell everybody to get out? remember unused buses under water. and category four hurricane katrina made landfall in louisiana. president bush declared state of emergency for louisiana and mississippi. the same day. katrina ripped two holes in the superdome roof and two days later, kathleen blanco requests for national guard