When does Blanco testify?

[Brotherjohn]

I hope she hands Brown et al their collective asses on a platter.

I hope she's clear on what she meant when she all but accused him of lying under oath saying she didn't order an evacuation until the day before the storm. She says it was two days before... on Aug. 28th. The "mandatory" evacuation of New Orleans was made on Sun., Aug. 29th (in the joint press conference with Ray Nagin). But it's clear that both she and Nagin had been strongly urging (and actively aiding) Southeast LA to evacuate for days.

They had been urging evacuation since at least the Friday before Katrina struck. Contraflow on the interstates was instituted on Saturday (http://talkingpointsmemo.com/katrina-timeline.php), and a state of emergency had already been declared by her two days before that (http://www.gov.state.la.us/2005%20%20proclamations/48pro2005-Emergency-HurricaneKatrina.pdf). The vast majority of New Orleanians had evacuated already by Sunday thanks to these measures (http://www.gov.state.la.us/Press_Release_detail.asp?id=983)

But just I hope they don't try to hammer her on what the meaning of "order" is. An evacuation is an evacuation, and it had already largely occurred (to a greater extent than even the federal government's own estimates thought possible: 60% for "Hurricane Pam") by the day that the "mandatory" evacuation of the City of New Orleans was issued.