The National Weather Service has officially predicted that this hurricane will likely be the worst in US history, rivalling even Camille in 1969. New Orleans lies below sea level protected by levies that were designed to keep back water raised by a Category 3 storm. This full blown Cat 5 storm, with record-setting wind speeds and air pressure, is expected to breach the levies and flood all of New Orleans in up to 20 feet of water, requireing literally months to pump all the water out. The idiots near the shore who think they can ride it out are likely going to die. It has gotten to the point where the state of Louisiana has warned that they will not attempt to help anyone who tries to ride the storm out near the shore untill the hurricane passes, because they do not want to send emergency workers on a suicide mission when the city begins to flood.
Release from the NWS:
