Semi-skilled radar manipulation - Katrina's still headed north-northwest at the moment, the center of the eye (still about 30 miles wide according to radar) is about 185 miles south-southeast (165 degrees) of New Orleans.
If it does turn, it looks like New Orleans will get the left eyewall and a bunch of water from Lake Pontchartrain.
1,844 posted on 08/28/2005 6:09:50 PM PDT by steveegg
(Real torture is taking a ride with Sen Ted "Swimmer" Kennedy in a 1968 Oldsmobile off a short bridge)