I think this was the worst case scenario. I don't think we'll know the full extent of the death and damage for another week. : (
"I think this was the worst case scenario. "
Actually they said on TV that if the storm had been just a few miles west of where it made landfall that it would have filled up Lake Ponchartrain even more and caused even more flooding, made the levees even more likely to burst, etc.
If the water levels are at 10 feet now, they may have been at 20 under the worst case scenario.
For the worst-case sceanrio, look at the pictures from Gulfport, MS. And imagine that type of wind destruction on top of higher water levels.