[dirtboy]

I am not willing to submit that the people at the NHC have the most honorable of intentions and are not operating with a political agenda.

I disagree. If anything, they are being ultra-cautious to make sure no one get surprised by a hurricane, given the fact that Nagin and Blanco got 60 hours notice last year and blew about 40 hours of it.

[gov_bean_ counter]

You are probably right. I have just developed an incredibly cynical streak over the past few years. I mean, if professionals at the CIA, NSA and FBI can play politics with our national security, then fudging a hurricane landfall is easy.