Practicalmadness

Awaiting Ivan in the Big Uneasy (washingtonpost.com):

Walter Maestri, an emergency manager here in America’s most vulnerable metropolitan area, has 10,000 body bags ready in case a major hurricane ever hits New Orleans. As Hurricane Ivan’s expected path shifted uncomfortably close to this low-lying urban soup bowl Tuesday, Maestri said he might need a lot more. If a strong Category 4 storm such as Ivan made a direct hit, he warned, 50,000 people could drown, and this city of Mardi Gras and jazz could cease to exist.