There was a National Geographic cover story on the prospect of a hurricane hitting New Orleans. I'll try to find it online and post a link, but if i remember correctly it was in the Oct 04 issue on Lousiana Wetlands.
Edit: It was the Oct 04 edition. An excerpt can be found
here
It includes this:
Quote:
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But the doomsday scenario is not far-fetched. The Federal Emergency Management Agency lists a hurricane strike on New Orleans as one of the most dire threats to the nation, up there with a large earthquake in California or a terrorist attack on New York City. Even the Red Cross no longer opens hurricane shelters in the city, claiming the risk to its workers is too great.
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