Drill in Louisiana to test emergency systems ahead of storm season.

NEW ORLEANS - Freddie Taylor has stared down countless hurricanes in the last 50 years, leaving for some, riding out others.

Each time a storm began to swirl in the Gulf of Mexico, the 65-year-old weighed the decision to stay or go. But not this summer.

“I’m getting out,” she said, standing outside a federally issued trailer next to her flooded New Orleans home. “If they say one’s coming, I’m leaving.”

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