It's going to be a much smaller area of major damage compared to Katrina, but that 60-80 mile stretch of SW LA right on the shore got absolutely pounded for several hours. Just east of Sabine Pass, to about Cameron and up any bays/lakes (Lake Charles) took quite a significant surge.
Many other years, this would be the major storm of the season.
Just drew a quick and dirty line from Beaumont to Lufkin to Houma, and another enclosing NO over to Mobile.
The first one encloses about four times the area.
It's Monday, twelve noon, Katrina just left the coast, and the media, unaware of what's really happening is saying "we dodged a bullet", only this time, it's Saturday, and Rita instead.