There is a post-Wilma attempt being made to minimize the storm, the way Hunble was minimizing it before it even hit. And it's because NOTHING can be allowed to eclipse the saga of Katrina and NOLA's flooding. Nothing. Never mind that Wilma was intensifying and accelerating when she hit Florida at almost Cat 4, while both Katrina and Rita hit as Cat 3's that were weakening. Even if Miami had been destroyed by a Cat 5, we'd still be hearing about the Ninth Ward.
I hadn't thought about it like that, but I think you're right.