 Mayor Nagin ignored this evacuation plan. Apparently ignoring, like the governor, the fact that his city was in considerable risk of flooding for a storm this large .
<coherence>  Mayor Nagin ignored this evacuation plan. Apparently ignoring, like the governor, the fact that his city was in considerable risk of flooding for a storm this large .
 There were however alternative emergency plans, including ones held by state Homeland Security offices, and it is unclear which one was being operated to .