Dirty side of the storm, definitely, but if I was in NO and had to take one, landfall to the west is their only chance of surviving it now.
Gotta laugh when I see the reporters talking about how three inches of rain could breach the levees again. With the possible exception of downtown New Orleans, those levees won't be significantly breached for years, because large sections of them no longer exist.
Back to the grind...I'll try to check in this evening.
I'm more concerned about BR and Lafayette areas.