I am so glad I am in Mexico... I was blissfully ignorant that there was even a storm going on. I remember living in Florida, DAYS before the storm hit that cone of probability was all you saw... Then the storm... Then weeks of footage of sad stories of the victims... Looks like you guys have your TV programming cut out for you for the next couple of weeks.
Despite being downgraded to a Category Two storm, Gustav snapped power cables and choked storm drains in New Orleans.
A sea surge was feared and water was clearing levees, but they were expected to hold, according to officials.
"We are cautiously optimistic... we won't see catastrophic wall failure," said Col Jeff Bedey, head of the unit responsible for flood defences.
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