![]() If you plan to evacuate, leave as early as possible before tropical storm force winds and storm surge cause road closures. The public is encouraged to act in their best interest and voluntarily evacuate the risk area when advised to do so. The timing of this notice will depend on the probability of landfall in this area and the severity and forward speed of the storm. The Greater New Orleans area also represents a difficult evacuation problem due to a large population attempting to use an inadequate road network that is limited and susceptible to flooding.Īn evacuation notice will be issued when a hurricane is forecasted to present a danger to Jefferson Parish. ![]() Sophisticated computer models of hurricane storm surge effects in Southeast Louisiana indicate that the hurricane protection levees built to protect life and property would be overtopped from the storm surge generated by a direct strike of a major hurricane resulting in widespread flooding. Evacuees would be recommended to relocate to a place of relative safety outside the projected high water mark of the storm surge flooding and hurricane force winds. The overall strategy of all Southeast Louisiana Parishes when confronted with the possibility of a catastrophic hurricane is to evacuate as much of the risk population as possible from the path of the storm. ![]() Have you planned for your destination out of the risk area and studied what routes will be available?.When recommended to evacuate will Public Shelters be available locally or outside the Jefferson Parish area?.Has your area been advised to evacuate by local and/or State officials via radio and television?. ![]()
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