The Saints' Chaotic Evacuation From New Orleans
The Lead
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🗓️ 10 September 2021
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
Two weeks ago, Saints head coach Sean Payton was at a press conference, answering questions about preseason, when a reporter asked him if the team had a contingency plan for the storm that was forming off the Gulf Coast. Payton said it was the first he had heard about it. Twenty-four hours later, he and others were scrambling to evacuate players, staff, and family members from the city. The Athletic's Katherine Terrell joins us from the team's new (temporary) home in Texas to explain how things unfolded from there, and to discuss how players are doing on and off the field.
Read Katherine Terrell's full story about the Saints' haphazard move:
https://theathletic.com/2798305/2021/09/02/inside-the-saints-chaotic-move-to-dallas-as-hurricane-ida-rapidly-approached-new-orleans/
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| 0:46.0 | Last week, Hurricane Ida wreaked havoc across the U.S. And the hardest hit area was the Gulf Coast. |
| 0:59.0 | The entire city of New Orleans is without power following the arrival of Hurricane Ida to the U.S. Gulf Coast. |
| 1:06.0 | It hit exactly the same day as Hurricane Katrina 16 years ago. |
| 1:11.0 | Hundreds this weekend taken by bus out of New Orleans to shelters hours away. |
| 1:16.0 | Among the many thousands who have since been displaced are members of the New Orleans Saints. |
| 1:21.0 | Today, the Athletics Catherine Terrell on the team's chaotic evacuation from the city and what life is like in their new home away from home. |
| 1:29.0 | New teams have gone through this as much as the Saints. |
| 1:33.0 | No other team has spent an entire season on the road but it's just kind of another obstacle that they have to face and get through. |
| 1:43.0 | From wondering in the Athletic, I'm Anders Keltso. It's Friday September 10th and this is The Lead. |
| 1:49.0 | So Catherine, you normally cover the Saints for the Athletic from your home base in New Orleans but I gather that you are not there at the moment. |
| 1:57.0 | So where exactly are you? |
| 1:59.0 | So I'm currently in Fort Worth, Texas. Following the team around, this is the fourth city I've been in in the last month or something like that. |
| 2:09.0 | It's hard to keep track but this is new home base for the Saints at TCU. |
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