[Types_with_Fist]

No they did not, when eye wall hits you or hits very very close, you did not dodge the bullet.

I don't want to argue with you. You're right, okay? New Orleans was wiped out by thge big one.

[maineman]

After watching FOX all night, they sure did dodge the bullet.

FOX made it sound like NO would have to be rebuilt on another site, oh, and the dead would be floating all over.

The coverage from FOX has been so dramatic. With the drama queen Geraldo leading the way.

[jpsb]

"New Orleans was wiped out by thge big one."

Wrong again, New Orleans got the "big One" and survived.

[Ichneumon]

[No they did not, when eye wall hits you or hits very very close, you did not dodge the bullet.]

I don't want to argue with you. You're right, okay? New Orleans was wiped out by thge big one.

I believe the point is that the phrase "dodged the bullet" usually means that one has come out unscathed from a potentially life-threatening situation, but New Orleans has hardly been unscathed. While the "bullet" didn't kill the city, it is nonetheless badly wounded. The phrase "dodged the bullet" is not an appropriate one in the case where the bullet *did* hit the victim, even if it didn't kill the victim dead.

If the hurricane had swerved and missd the city entirely, *then* it would have "dodged the bullet".

The news folks really need to find a better, more fitting phrase to describe the situation.