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This article covers the details of the Preparations for Hurricane Katrina , a major Category 5 hurricane that devastated parts of Louisiana , Mississippi , and Alabama . PREPARATIONS BY LOCATION
--> South Florida Many living in the area were caught off guard when Katrina strengthened from a tropical storm to a hurricane in one day and struck southern .'' August 24 , 2005 . Gulf Coast On .'' August 27 , 2005 .. On .'' August 28 , 2005 . On Sunday, August 28 , Canadian National Railway (CN) suspended all Rail traffic on its lines south of McComb, Mississippi (lines owned by its subsidiary Illinois Central Railroad that extend into New Orleans), in anticipation of damage from the hurricane. To help ease the resumption of services after the storm passes, CN also issued an Embargo with the Association Of American Railroads against all deliveries to points south of Osyka, Mississippi . CSX Transportation also suspended service south of Montgomery, Alabama until further notice. .'' September 1 , 2005 . The Waterford Nuclear Power Plant was also shut down on Sunday, August 28 , before Katrina's arrival. New Orleans See Also: Hurricane preparedness for New Orleans By .'' June 23 - 27 , 2002 . At a news conference 10:00 AM on .'' August 28 , 2005 . Louisiana's hurricane evacuation plan calls for local governments in areas along and near the coast to call for evacuations in three phases, starting with the immediate coast 50 hours before the start of tropical storm force winds. Persons in areas designated Phase II begin evacuating 40 hours before the onset of tropical storm winds and those in Phase III areas (including New Orleans) evacuate 30 hours before the start of such winds."Louisiana Citizen Awareness and Disaster Evacuation Guide" by the Louisiana Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness Link However, many parishes were not able to provide sufficient transportation for citizens who did not have private means of evacuation, and many private care-taking facilities who relied on the same bus companies and ambulance services for evacuation were unable to evacuate their charges. Fuel and rental cars were in short supply and many forms public transportation had been shut down well before the storm arrived.Rulon, Malia; Scott, Katerine Hutt. " Evacuation plan failed to consider those without transportation ." ''Burlington Free Press.'' March 11 , 2006 . The end result was that hundreds of thousands of residents and tourists were unable to evacuate and remained in the city. Nonetheless, some estimates claimed that 90-92% of the 1.3 million residents of the New Orleans metropolitan region evacuated including 80% of Orleans parish. SEE ALSO REFERENCES |
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