[southernnorthcarolina]

There's been a lot of talk, understandably so, about the vulnerability of New Orleans to a major hurricane, especially with respect to the adequacy of its levees and dikes.

But what about Baton Rouge? To what extent is it vulnerable to flooding from the river or otherwise? Or even to a storm surge? Granted, its 75 miles or so from the gulf shore; with an elevation of about 20 feet above sea level, could there be a problem? If Lili comes ashore, say, near Morgan City (a touch east of the current consensus, but certainly plausible), and the eye passes a few miles west of Baton Rouge, they'll feel the "bad side" of the storm.

[Cold Heat]

The problem with NO deals directly with the pump capcity and the places where the water is being pumped.

Baton Rouge is high and dry by comparison.