Yeah, that is what should have been said.
Other than someone - can't look back now - who had written in all caps that nola was gonna get hit, which got a lot of people on the thread upset due to no source, no one with any knowledge/sources said that was the case. Just that the cone is shifting eastward.
However, let me pull Blanco's quote from her latest Presser:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1489163/posts?page=1156#1156
Today 1:10 EST
Blanco on CNN: "Rita will hit Louisiana"
15 seconds later
Blanco on CNN: "possibly hit us directly"