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Originally Posted by Lux

This is all I can think about: http://www.nola.com/weblogs/nola/ind...09.html#076307

Are there updates? What's happening down there now? Not demanding answers from you specifically but it feels like the updates have gone quiet.

http://www.mediainfo.com/eandp/news/..._id=1001054595
Hurricane Center Dir. Tells Paper He Briefed Brown and Chertoff on Dangers

Dr. Max Mayfield, director of the National Hurricane Center, told the Times-Picayune Sunday afternoon that officials with the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Department of Homeland Security, including FEMA Director Mike Brown and Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, listened in on electronic briefings given by his staff in advance of Hurricane Katrina slamming Louisiana and Mississippi--and were advised of the storm’s potential deadly effects.