It Missed... Barely

The worst of the storm went to the East of New Orleans, but the storm surge is still building. The Superdome was damaged, but the initial reports are that the folks inside were all safe, about 10,000 people. Apparently, over 1 million people successfully evacuated from New Orleans.

Think about that for a second. Over 1 million people. Holy freakin cats.

The storm was a category 4 when it hit, but the intensity was still high enough to make this the third worst hurricane to ever hit the US. It's still impossible to determine casualties, the storm is still too dangerous for emergency workers to get in. And many people will go out, thinking the storm is over, only to get hit by the flooding still to come.

Boing Boing link.
Wikipedia Link.