Gustav is expected to achieve Category Five status, equal in category to Katrina

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (AFP) — Desperate to avoid a repeat of the Katrina catastrophe in 2005, New Orleans began mandatory evacuations Saturday as another deadly hurricane, Gustav, bore down on the city.

Traffic crawls on major route out of New Orleans

Campaigns Weigh In on Gustav Preparations

Also today Fox News anchor Chris Wallace reported that Republicans indeed are considering “curtailing or suspending” the convention. He said Sen. McCain, in a taped interview scheduled to air on the network Sunday, told Fox News “the festivities” around his presidential nomination would be inappropriate “while Americans were in trouble.”

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