I really hate to say this, but best case would be for it to follow roughly in Katrina's track, because it will just be re-arranging the rubble in a lot of cases that way. It would be brutal for the people in the region, but would have the least impact on the economy that way.
I agree.
Forty five years ago when i was a kid, there were "blank spots" along the gulf coast. Hurricanes had a chance to hit areas that were thinly populated. Not any more.