Not only would it connect the Crescent City to the capital city, it could serve as a method of mass evacuation in time of hurricanes.

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The UK has also said that it is not ordering evacuation at this time.

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By the time the evacuation was ordered, the ship was listing so far to one side that many lifeboats could not be used.

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Gov. Kathleen Blanco (D), faulted for failing to order the mandatory evacuation of New Orleans in time and for being too slow in getting federal grants to homeowners trying to rebuild, bowed to political reality and decided in March that she would not seek a second term.

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They say that does not give them enough lead time to prepare for evacuation or other precautionary measures.

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Earlier in the day, the evacuation from Charity had to be suspended for a time after a sniper opened fire on rescuers.

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It was at this time that the government reviewed its previous evacuation policy and decided that all children up to the age of 13 should be evacuated.

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The room was temporarily locked down, but students were let out and off campus a short time later, in what Sedlachek described as an orderly evacuation.

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"When I knew evacuation would mean leaving Manhattan for Brooklyn, the only place I felt the need to spend time in was Grand Central, " she said.

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