Better than expected
Things in New Orleans are better than I could have hoped for. Damage seems to be what you would expect from a cat 3 storm. I am watching WDSU TV this morning, the reports are encouraging. If Katrina weren’t our benchmark the damage would probably be perceived as heavy.
No catastrophic flooding is the big thing, no major looting, no 1000+ people dead. Things definitely went better this time. Luckily this was not the mother of all storms, if it had been a Katrina with a Ktrina storm surge we would have been in big trouble.
Now we will have to see how our fearless leaders get everyone back, every day the city is empty the economy will suffer.
Tags: Gustav, hurricanes
