"the entire credibility of the national weather service and national hurricane center is on the line with this one. don't get me wrong, I am not saying its being "over hyped", I am just making an observation."
I disagree. It was just two days ago that this storm was at 100 mph and precicted to turn north towards the Fla. Gulf Coast. The New Orleans scenario was first predicted yesterday at NOAA's 11am update.
It took the City of New Orleans until this morning to issue official evacauation orders. There was nearly 22 hours difference between the time the evac orders were issued and the Noaa's 11.00am update yesterday.
It's a Galveston 1900 storm all over again.
I've been thinking the same thing.
Total BS. Check out the link, which document the Friday timeline, where the computer models honed in on LA by 2pm, the NHC made a big shift to a strike within 90 miles of New Orleans at 4pm, and the gov called a state of emergency at 8pm Friday.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1472323/posts?page=2374#2374