French Quarter POV

I can’t decide which one sums the situation up the best.

After calling for a manditory evacuation of the city, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin is going to stay behind as Hurricane Gustav hits the area. Read more HERE.

It’s not that he doesn’t understand the risk of staying in the danger zone; he knows the facts about this incoming storm better than most. Just last night, I watched him give a speech in which he outlined the worst case scenario. Video HERE .

There’s a certain heroic “Captain going down with his ship” imagery there. Then, there’s the “Damn, that’s stupid” followed quickly by “He must be nuts!”

What’s your vote? Is he brave, stupid, crazy, or all of the above for staying in New Orleans for what he said was the Mother of all Storms and the Storm of the Century?

So far, votes from my sister’s place are 1 for stupid, 1 for crazy, and 1 for attempt to save his career with a publicity stunt.

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