Bastardi was saying that even a strike 30 miles east of NO, would push the lake over the levee. of course, in retrospect, now that we know which facts occurred - we can make excuses for these models and forecasts. hey, don't get me wrong, I am glad it went down this way. but it doesn't mean there should be no review of the pre-hurricane events.
What you said.
And for once he would have been right if it hadn't weakened from a Cat 5 to a Cat 4.