New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin and President George Bush urged residents of New Orleans region to flee area Hurricane Gustav takes aim on the city which ravaged just three years ago by Hurricane Katrina.

Nagin proclaimed that Gustav was "The mother of all storms" and added that looting, which plagued the city after Katina would not be tolerated as anyone being caught would be put in the state penitentiary and not just city jail.

Bush, in a much more proactive approach to his vacation during the crisis in 2005, told reporters:

"The message to the people of the Gulf Coast is, this storm is dangerous. There's a real possibility of flooding, storm surge, and high winds. ... Do not put yourself in harm's way, or make rescue workers take unnecessary risks."

Here is video of what they had to say before the storm hit landfall: