Evac or Else

Do what you're told, peasants:

People who choose not to obey a mandatory evacuation order could end up in jail, KPRC Local 2 reported Monday.

Police currently can only warn people who stay behind that they won't have emergency vehicles to help them, but that will change on Sept. 1.

The new law will allow police to arrest people who refuse to evacuate. County judges and mayor could also authorize the use of reasonable force to remove people from an area under a mandatory evacuation.

Besides hurricanes, the law also applies to other disasters like floods and fires.

Leaving aside the fact that it's a completely unenforceable law over over any area larger than a small town, I doubt you're going to find many police officers willing to go house-to-house in south Texas and try to forcibly eject people from their homes. That's an excellent way to become the soft gooey center of a coffin. Oh, and there's this little detail...

"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."

But I forget myself: we're living in the Obamanation, now. That document is quaint and outdated. See you in the "evacuation center," comrades.