Despite Hurrican Delta steadily approaching the Gulf Coast, the New Orleans Saints have decided to stay in town, despite offers from the NFL to evacuate to Indianapolis.
According to the team, the latest storm forecasts are projecting that the hurricane will be moving west and that New Orleans is not expected to be hit severely.
The Saints are scheduled to host the Los Angeles Chargers in New Orleans on Monday night. Reports claim that the NFL offered the Saints to move the game to Indianapolis since the Colts are scheduled to play the Browns in Cleveland in Week 5.
If the hurricane does end up hitting New Orleans worse than expected in the coming days, the NFL has contingency plans in place to evacuate the team to Indianapolis and make sure that the game is played. The last time the Saints had to use the Indianapolis facility because of extreme weather conditions was when Hurricane Gustav hit New Orleans in 2008.
Hurricane Delta was listed as a Category 4 storm earlier in the week but has since been downgraded to Category 2 status.
