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• New Orleans: Evacuate, or face Gustav alone
As Katrina approached in 2005, as many as 30,000 people who either could not or would not evacuate jammed the Louisiana Superdome and the riverfront convention center.
• Gustav become Category 3 hurricane off Cuba
The storm, which killed up to 77 people in the Caribbean, is still on track to strike the heavy concentration of U.S. oil and natural gas platforms off Louisiana.
• Half of Katrina victims were 75 or older
   Aug. 28: Louisiana has lined up 700 buses and set aside space for nearly 80,000 evacuees in preparation for a Hurricane that may be on track to directly strike New Orleans. NBC's Mark Potter reports. CHICAGO - As New Orleans residents warily ...
• Hurricane victims rebuild fortress-like homes
Several other hurricane-prone states including Louisiana, Alabama, Texas and Mississippi have followed the example and adopted the international code on some level, according to the International Code Council.
• Thousands in Mississippi urged to evacuate
Joey Durel, president of Lafayette’s city and parish governments, said officials in that south-central Louisiana community may begin handing out sandbags to residents as early as Friday — but hoped they wouldn’t need them.