[atomicpossum]

I realize a high priority for rock throwing does hinder one's obligation to read closely and thoroughly . . . still . . . reading more closely could give one's rock throwing compulsions a SLIGHTLY thicker veneer of fairness.

By all means, ready thoroughly. And critically.

A hand-picked assemblage of quotes, excerpts, etc., describing a storm hitting New Orleans (made, as it happens, while a storm was heading toward New Orleans), pulled out of the files and bolstered with a divine one-year window of opportunity is certainly something that needs to be viewed critically.

[topcat54]

False prophets always manage to get close to the truth. Sometimes they are even "accurate".

[js1138]

How could one avoid predicting a great storm harming NO? Even the weathermen have been predicting this one.

As for purification, I might point out that after a worst case flood, purification is going to take a while. Sewage treatment is below sea level.

My own prediction is that the worst case will not happen this time.