It started a week ago, when I took a look at State Forecast for Louisiana - At that time the site said :-

EXTREMELY DANGEROUS HURRICANE KATRINA CONTINUES TO APPROACH THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER DELTA

DEVASTATING DAMAGE EXPECTED

MOST OF THE AREA WILL BE UNINHABITABLE FOR WEEKS…PERHAPS LONGER. AT
LEAST ONE HALF OF WELL CONSTRUCTED HOMES WILL HAVE ROOF AND WALL
FAILURE. ALL GABLED ROOFS WILL FAIL…LEAVING THOSE HOMES SEVERELY
DAMAGED OR DESTROYED

and continued with many more dire consequences. I had to check and cross check to make sure it was not a hoax. When Katrina flattened out and appeared to do minimal damage, several who I had forwarded the report to made fun of me for believing it.

I do some part time for a company where I monitor news reports, and then I got another report that two levees had broken. At that time no-one was reporting the item, so I hesitated to let anyone know. In retrospect, it was true, and it led to the first item being correct.

ODP editors were monitoring the situation, some very close to the disaster, and by last Wednesday had created

Science: Earth Sciences: Meteorology: Weather Phenomena: Hurricanes: Past Hurricanes: Hurricane Katrina as a new category to provide resources.

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