Summary: Hurricane season starts today, and the city encourages all residents to have their own evacuation plan. But not everyone can get out of town on their own. That’s why New Orleans has developed a citywide assisted evacuation system. To run smoothly, a lot of agencies have to work together - and people have to know about it, too. When Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005, at least 100,000 people stayed in New Orleans. Some didn’t have transportation; others were just used to staying for hurricanes. Brenda
