Heard it here first! I turned the laptop around to my husband late Friday night, and said something along the lines of "Holy Crap."
It was extremely frustrating to watch this...almost like they couldn't believe it!
That said, from interviews I remember from other hurricanes that have threatened NO; many of the residents simply just DIDN'T believe it would ever happen. That applied to some of the elected officials, apparently.
The leaders of NO are of the same quality as those who led France in 1940.
No kidding!