To those in Katrina's path...GET OUT! (Cat. 5 HURRICANE!!!!)

[David]

Originally Posted by GypsySorcerer

I'm so scared for them right now. There's already 12,000 people there, with buses more coming.

I think being in that huge steel-reinforced concrete stadium (or whatever it is) is one of the safer places to be in the area, by far. I assume it's at least 25 feet above mean sea level?

The way to stack the odds in your favor in a powerful hurricane is to get as far as you can above sea level & the storm tide, & to get to reinforced shelter, & the stadium seems one of the best places to be if you're stuck in New Orleans.