Re: Katrina jogs east -- The Big Easy lives to party on

Mike Painter wrote:
> dkomo wrote:
>
>>Considering all the hysterical prognostications, Katrina turned out to
>>be another dud. But what hurricane could live up to that kind of
>>hype? This is not to minimize the extensive damage that she did do,
>>but it was hardly the end of the world.
>>
>
>
> That hurricane following a slightly different path.
> You might notice that NO is below sea level and the big lake to the North is
> not.
> Had the storm passed over the lake it could have raised the water in the
> lake and spilled it into the town doing some real damage.
>
> Sooner or later the river is going to do what it wants and take the
> Atchafalaya River to the sea.
>
> Maybe in 50 years Morgan Hill will replace New Orleans.
>
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