HURRICANE GUSTAV - NEWS ITEMS

1.Lafourche Parish Evacuation Details

The Lafourche Parish Office of Emergency Preparedness announced Evacuation times earlier today as follows:

¨ A RECOMMENDED EVACUATION will be issued at 4:00 P.M. today (Friday) for the area South of the Leon Theriot Floodgates in Golden Meadow.

¨ A MANDATORY EVACUATION will be issued at 9:00 A.M. Saturday for the area South of the Leon Theriot Floodgates in Golden Meadow

¨ A MANDATORY EVACUATION will be issued at 3:00 P.M. Saturday for the ENTIRE Parish of Lafourche.

At this time, NO shelters will be opened in Lafourche Parish as Gustav is forecast to affect Lafourche Parish as a Category 3 Hurricane.

Residents evacuating during the “Recommended Evacuation” period must have their own means of transportation. Since no shelters will be opened in Lafourche Parish, residents will be able to obtain sheltering information at information points which will be set up along evacuation routes.

A “Mandatory Evacuation” means that all residents of Lafourche Parish should evacuate by any means necessary. This also forces businesses to close in order to allow their employees to evacuate. If a resident makes the decision to stay, they will not be forced to leave their homes; however, assistance may not be available during the storm until conditions are safe for First Responders.

A curfew will be likely be established at some point on Sunday to keep people off the streets. If you are out after curfew, you will be stopped and questioned by law enforcement personnel. The Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies are patrolling throughout the parish and will be enforcing the curfew when one is issued.

For further information please contact Brennan Matherne at (985) 537-7603.


2. NO SCHOOL, LAFOURCHE, ST. MARY, TERREBONNE PARISHES, MONDAY, SEPT 1ST
AND TUESDAY SEPT 2ND.

3. BEACON LIGHT WILLIAM MURPHY CONCERT FOR
AUGUST 29TH, POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

4. ST MARY PARISH SAND BAGS:

Morgan City – Under the Bridge at David Drive near Quizno’s
Berwick – At the Maintenance Barn
Bayou Vista –At the Maintenance Barn
Franklin – On Iberia Street at the Maintenance
Garden City – Sheriff’s Office Motor Pool
Hanson Barn

5. TERREBONNE PARISH SANDBAGS

Empty bags can be picked up between 7:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays
and from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Fridays at the parish Public Works office, 1860 Grand Caillou
Road. Each household is given 25 bags and instructions are included.

For information, call the Public Works’ director’s office at 873-6735. The other divisions
under Public Works do not handle sandbags.

Sand and bags are available at these locations:

Pointe-aux-Chenes Fire Station, 1466 La. 665, Montegut, 594-4101, 594-9818
Montegut Fire Station, 1105 La. 55, Montegut, 594-4101, 594-9818.
Ward 7 Center, 5006 La. 56, Chauvin, 594-3366.
St. Ann Church, La. 24, Bourg, 594-9588.
Adult Softball Complex/Airbase, 9544 E. Main St., Houma, 873-6497.
Upper Bayou Dularge Fire Station, 633 Bayou Dularge Road, Houma, 872-2321, 665-2240.
Lower Bayou Dularge Fire Station, 1038 Falgout Canal Road, Theriot, 872-0976, 665-2240.
Houma-Terrebonne Civic Center bayouside parking lot, 346 Civic Center Blvd., 873-9108.
Cannata’s parking lot, 6307 W. Park Ave., Houma, 873-9108.
Coteau Park, 2325 Coteau Road, Houma, 868-4355.
Bayou Black Fire Station, 2820 Savanne Road, Houma, 879-3359.
Schriever Fire Station, 1529 W. Park Ave., Houma, 446-8498.
Gibson Fire Station, 116 Moss St., Gibson, 575-2655.
Gibson East Fire Station, 5218 Bayou Black Drive, Houma, 575-2831.
Donner-Chacahoula Fire Station, 1805 La. 20, 446-0967, 688-7193.
Friendswood Church, 3589 Friendswood Dr., Houma.
Gray Park, 442 W. Main St., Gray.
Mechanicville Gym, Senator Street near Samuel Street.
Roselawn Avenue and Payne Street, an empty corner lot.

5. Garbage collection in Terrebonne Parish will be Saturday. There will be no
other garbage collection in Terrebonne Parihs until further notice.

Residents are asked to drop off garbage at one of thee facilities:

Ashland - 7am to 6pm Mon-Sunday, located off Grand Caillou Rd
Montegut - 8am to 4pm - Mon-Saturday, located off Crochetville Rd
Schriever - 8am to 4pm - Monday thru Saturda, located on Isle of Cuba Rd

6. St. James Parish

Press Release #1 – Hurricane Gustav
The St. James Parish Office of Emergency Preparedness along with the St. James Parish
Sheriff’s Office effective 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, August 30, 2008 will have a
recommended evacuation for all residents and a highly recommended evacuation for all
residents living in trailers, manufactured homes and flood prone areas. The Special Needs
Population should call 1-800-228-9409 or 985-447-0916 should you need to go to a special
needs shelter. Because the storm is projected to make landfall as a Category 3 storm no
general population shelters will be opened. Sand and sandbags will be available beginning at
3:00 p.m. this afternoon at the Grand Point Fire Department, Gramercy Water Plant, Lutcher
Water Plant, South Vacherie Elementary and the Welcome Fire Station. All St. James Parish
Public Schools, Chanel Interparochial and Headstart Centers will be closed on Tuesday.

7. Lafourche Parish Special

Special Needs and Transportation Assistance

Any resident with Special Needs must call the Department of Health & Hospitals Hotline in Thibodaux at (985) 447-0916 to pre-register. Even if you have called the Lafourche Parish EOC with your information, you still must call the DHH Hotline to pre-register.

Any resident, including those with Special Needs, can call the Lafourche Parish EOC for transportation assistance, if you have not already done so. These residents must call (985) 537-7603 as soon as possible to provide your information if you need transportation assistance.

All “Special Needs” residents requesting transportation assistance from the Parish MUST be accompanied by a caregiver. Be sure to have all medications with you along with any other supplies recommended by DHH.

All residents utilizing parish transportation should bring items such as a five-day supply of food and water per person, money, identification and important papers, bedding and clothing, medications and first aid, personal hygiene products, toiletries and any other necessities.

8. Nicholls State University

EVACUATION OF NICHOLLS ORDERED;
NO SHELTERS WILL BE AVAILABLE

THIBODAUX – Having received the mandatory evacuation
orders issued by Lafourche Parish earlier today, the administration
of Nicholls State University announced this afternoon that Nicholls
students will be evacuated from the campus by 2 p.m. tomorrow,
Saturday, Aug. 30.

Only emergency personnel, including university police,
will remain on campus.

Additionally, by order of the state of Louisiana, no shelters – including special needs shelters
– will be operating on the Nicholls campus.
Once the approaching tropical system has passed, state agencies will determine the location
and type of shelters, if any, that will be available within Lafourche Parish.