Did you watch the news yesterday?
Yeah, it was a Cat 5 yesterday. Had it maintained that strength or even gone to top Cat 4, and had it track just a bit further to the west, it would be far worse for NO now. As it is, people listening to CNN that the worst is over might go outside to check on damage, just as a feeder band is moving in (like, right now). It'll ONLY be Cat 1 strength or so - but I guess I'm hyping the danger, even though Katrina killed 9 people in Florida when it was only a Cat 1.
Look, if all you're gonna do is whine about how this was covered, save it for tomorrow. This is still a deadly situation (most hurricane deaths nowadays are from inland flooding) - and we don't need an uninformed nimrod claiming that this is all hype.