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Mayor C. Ray Nagin said late Monday that employees of certain key businesses and institutions would be allowed to return to the city as soon as today to begin preparing for returning evacuees. Among the essential details that must be dealt with: replenishing meat and vegetable supplies at supermarkets, as well as fuel at the region's gasoline stations. Gustav prompted the largest evacuation in the state's history. Now, many fear a repeat of the headache-inducing "contra flow" - the technocratic term that refers to both lanes of roads and highways being used to direct traffic in the same...
...Avenue Pub was one of the few places in the city serving beer and burgers - or any meal - on Monday night as New Orleans bade goodbye to Gustav. So naturally it was a hot spot for Uptown residents (many of whom remained in the city because their neighborhood rarely floods). One tended the bar. Another set up generators to provide a bit of light, since Gustav's winds had knocked out electricity. Watts pointed to yet another band of protection: two New Orleans police officers sitting at the tip of the bar, drawn partly by the free meals that...
While New Orleans felt relieved, Baton Rouge was surprised. The state capital appeared to get the brunt of Hurricane Gustav after it made landfall Monday morning. New Orleans was hit hard early Monday as Gustav came ashore west of New Orleans over Terrebonne parish. By midday, however, the storm had taken a northwestern turn, which brought it closer to Baton Rouge than was predicted. Winds were gusting at more than 70 m.p.h. in the metro Baton Rouge area, where top local, state and federal officials - including Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal, Senator David Vitter and Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff - were...
...about three hours. Electrical power flashed on and off for about an hour before it went out for good. In the area near Louisiana State University, the hurricane-force winds blew down trees, fences, power lines and street signs. Some streets had minor flooding. Driving was still treacherous on Monday afternoon with huge tree trunks blocking roadways and traffic lights not functioning. One of the major Baton Rouge hospitals, Our Lady of Lake, had to operate on generator power. "Please stay indoors and please don't be on the road if you don't need to be," Jindal warned residents...
...Welcoming Committee's website informs members not to speak with the corporate media; on Saturday night, when I visited their convergence center, I was met with vehement condemnation. One arrested demonstrator, while waiting to be detained with zipties around his hands, said he did not trust TIME. But on Monday night, with the streets littered with shattered glass and abandoned Dick Cheney masks, Adam, a 19-year-old from Winona, Minn. (like many of his peers, he refused to give his full name), talked about the police raid. He said that after the intense search on Friday he and others...