If the storm had been Cat 5 and hit NO directly, the storm surge would have overtopped the levees.
If the storm had been Cat 5 and hit NO directly, the storm surge would have overtopped the levees..........Paleo Conservative
It would not even have taken that much.
Check out the "2004 Hurricane Pam Exercise" link. That scenario was modeled on the levies being overtopped only by a slow-moving (greater rainfall than a fast-moving) Category 3.
On another FR thread, a Freeper reported hearing the Mayor on a TV interviw prior to Katrina asking weathermen "What would happen if the levies overflowed?"
The man must be either as dumb or as uneducated as a Pet Rock.
With that degree of ignorance, it is no wonder he delayed the evacuation order because he feared getting sued by nightclubs that would lose business as a result of an evacuation order.