Seeing the Govenor's face the last couple of days, I have a suspicion that it might be true. However, I'm hoping against hope that it is just hype and hysteria, or a cruel hoax.
Caught the beginning of CNN Larry King's show last night.
Difference between Haley Barbor and LA gov is marked.
Haley Barbour just puts it out there. Even the first day when asked what his worst fear was, he said, "I'm afraid we'll find lots of dead people."
I will acknowledge this though. Mississippi and Alabama are not dealing with the same situation in terms of water as NO. All pictures I've seen of hard hit areas of Biloxi, Gulf Shore, etc. shows that the water has run off. So logistically they're dealing with downed trees, debris, dead bodies, etc., but not the overwhelming water problems that NO has.
But once again, I can't believe a plan wasn't worked out ahead of time for a "worst case scenario." They had to know this was possible.