Originally Posted by CraigA

Having been a former resident of the coastal Florida panhandle and a visitor to the Mississippi Gulf Coast as well as "Nawlins" more than a dozen times, I was practically in tears watching the news accounts yesterday of what has to be termed a complete catastrophe.
New Orleans is basically shaped like a saucer dish with water from the Mississippi River and Lake Ponchatrain surrounding it so rising water will be a huge issue.
Interestingly enough, the French Quarter apparently weathered the storm fairly well. http://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/08/2...ch.quarter.ap/
BTW, where did you go to school there, UNO, Loyola, Tulane, one of those schools?