An unambiguous message to evacuate New Orleans in response to Hurricane Katrina did not come until too close to the time the hurricane struck for it to be acted on by the most vulnerable of the population.

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The official evacuation order for New Orleans was issued late on August 27, 2005, less than a day before Hurricane Katrina made landfall, leaving limited time for the most vulnerable populations to evacuate.

An Unambiguous Message to Evacuate New Orleans in Response to Hurricane