When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir?

You poor people in the projected path - the media is guessing the hurricane will be a cat 3 or maybe cat 4 when it makes landfall again.

I lived in central Florida for a year and a half, and I did not like it. I have never been to a part of the state where I would consider living. But I have no schadenfreude. Good luck to everybody on the Gulf Coast.

8/28 UPDATE: Cat 5 and barrelling down on the Big Easy. Mayor C. Ray Nagin'

We are facing a storm that most of us have long feared. The storm surge will most likely topple our levee system.

According to the AP:

Estimates have been made of tens of thousands of deaths from flooding that could overrun the levees and turn New Orleans into a 30-foot-deep toxic lake filled with chemicals and petroleum from refineries, and waste from ruined septic systems.

If I lived in New Orleans, I think I would be more worried about the political fallout than the storm itself. I am just not seeing tens of thousands of flooding deaths tomorrow, but tens of thousands of fingers will be pointed, and everybody will want to get their fingers into the pie. I'm sorry to be cynical, but I call it like I see it.

8/29 UPDATE: And here we go... it's political. First, it is Bush's fault. Next it will be about oil prices... especially if President Bush either does or does not tap the national emergency crude oil stockpile. Standing by for more on that.