Claims News Service, May 3, 1:21 p.m. EDT -- Mayor C. Ray Nagin's Office of Emergency Preparedness recently outlined a plan that focuses on giving New Orleans residents who don't have other transportation options the ability to leave the area before or during a catastrophe. The plan, referred to as the City Assisted Evacuation Plan (CAEP), is designed to be an option of last resort for the sick and elderly.
Busses and other vehicles will be utilized to get people to transportation hubs, where other mass-transit options will complete the evacuation process. "There will be no shelter of last resort," Nagin said. "In the future, the convention center will be a staging point for evacuations, not a shelter, and Amtrak trains will also be used for evacuation purposes."
The goal is to have the CAEP completed in a 36 hour time period beginning at the governor's and mayor's evacuation orders. The first 12 hours of the period will be spent implanting security at the processing and staging centers and acquiring transportation resources.
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