Having lived in New Orleans during the "Great Flood" of 1995, I have first hand knowledge of how devastating severe weather is in New Orleans.  New Orleans is below sea level....picture a bowl...New Orleans is at the bottom of that bowl.

Please keep those folks affected by this monster hurricane in your thoughts and prayers.  This hurricane is extremely dangerous...is at 150 miles an hour now, just 6 miles an hour shy of being a Category 5 hurricane.!  New Orleans is slated to get the worst of the storm....with major catastrophic damage....even worse than that of Katrina 3 years ago.  People are being evacuated now well in advance of the storm, which is not expected to make landfall before Monday.

I pray that everyone can get out before the storm hits, and that they are safe.