The one thing you need to undeerstand about the topology of NO, is that it's about 12ft. below sea level, and sandwiched between the Mississippi River and Lake Ponchetrain(sp?).
With a storm surge of 25 ~ 30 ft (plus all the rain).... They're screwed.
1,265 posted on 08/28/2005 12:17:27 PM PDT by AFreeBird
(your mileage may vary)