Last night I was worried, and prayed for New Orleans and the North Central Gulf Coast. Now I am scared.
New Orleans is six feet below sea level. A direct hit will mean thirty feet of surge coming of the Gulf up the Mississippi, flooding the lakes.
Category Five winds are close to 200 mph.
I am hoping that this scare is a false alarm. Last year in Florida the UU Trauma Team spoke of the post traumatic effects of false alarm scares, we went through a few false alarms, and two direct hits in Stuart. I recovered quicker from the false alarms.
If this storm does not change course:
€¢ Lots of housing in the city will be lost. Human life will be lost, evacuating a city that size is a logistic nightmare beyond imagining. Rescue forces are already being set up. Rescue teams are coming from all over the country so that they will be on site for the after shock.
€¢ One third of domestic production of gasoline will be unavailable next week. The pump prices will go up.
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