Yes, very scary. I keep remembering a book by John D. MacDonald, Condominium. Those things do not withstand storm surges from Cat. 5's.
Thinking of all those poor folks in the Super Dome and praying,
WESH is reporting that the NHC (National Hurricane Center) director was so concerned about this epic hurricane that he directly called the NO mayor and basically told him to "get off your butt and get the people outta there!" According to WESH, the director was unable to cope - or accept - the lack of guidance appearing to come out of the mayor's office. Wow!