Wont work. With Camille too, the lore of 'it always jogs east' combined with the cat drop from the outlying areas will only be stronger for those who own businesses in the french quarter.
I agree with you. and it appears that the levees around the lake have held up (??), so this adamant prediction from people like Bastardi that the eye moving east of NO would cause the north to south wind that would drive the lake into NO, did not pan out, those levees along the lake held.
Maybe there really is some natural protection there that saves N'Awlins every time.