Except that N.O. knew it was coming! 2 days before it, I predicted the levee would break. IMHO, it's only similiar b/c of the devastation. Otherwise, totally opposite.

I spent many hours volunteering in the Relaint center (astrodome complex) for the 'evacuees'

New Orleans is a major accident waiting to happen all over again. They live below sea level!
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