20 sq miles is the greater NOLA area? Add to that Mobile, and points west.
1,869 posted on 08/29/2005 10:13:08 PM PDT by NautiNurse
("I'd rather see someone go to work for a Republican campaign than sit on their butt."--Howard Dean)
According to the Census, New Orleans' land area is 180.5 square miles. 20/180=11%. So either CNN or the mayor is wrong about the percentage of the city under water.