MSNBC Yasmin Vossoughian Reports August 29, 2021 19:40:00
Impacted, but you told residents this would be devastating, but you also stopped short of issuing a mandatory evacuation order. why is that? and why don't you have any shelters in your city? >> this was a call on the parish about the mandatory evacuation. i wanted to, they didn't want to, we didn't have an evacuation shelter under contract, so we couldn't do it. it was too late by the time they decided to do it. so we didn't call a mandatory evacuation. >> what are your biggest concerns, mayor, as we look into the next 12 and 24 hours here? >> electricity. we're okay with our pumping district....
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