[dawn53]

I know this sounds cynical...but since New Orleans is already pretty much trashed and evacuated and will have to be rebuilt anyway, better it to be hit than another largely populated area that up to now has been untouched. Just my warped way of thinking, I guess.

[steve86]

since New Orleans is already pretty much trashed and evacuated and will have to be rebuilt anyway, better it to be hit

Do you like to stand in the path of machinegun fire?

[TheMom]

Cynical, but valid point.