I stand corrected, and you are also correct. What I meant was, a breech of the levies the day after the storm wasn't expected. All indications were that N'Awlins had dodged the bullet.
" Marine scientist Ivor van Heerden of Louisiana State University, who has developed flooding models for New Orleans, was among those issuing dire predictions as Katrina approached, warnings that turned out to be grimly accurate.
"We're talking about an incredible environmental disaster," van Heerden said before the storm arrived.
He predicted that floodwaters would overcome the levee system, fill the low-lying areas of the city and then remain trapped there well after the storm passed - creating a giant, stagnant pool contaminated with debris, sewage and other hazardous materials.
This was all discussed before it happened. Incredibly incompetent local lesdership is to blame.