With Hurricane Katrina on their minds, some New Orleans residents fled the region, while others chose to buckle up and ride out the storm
Tanya Gulliver-Garcia, who lives in the city's Broadmoor neighborhood, flew out ahead of Barry. Neighbors she left behind have vivid memories of the 2005 destruction, she said."This storm is stressing them out," Gulliver-Garcia told CNN."Trauma stays in your body, and Katrina left a lot of trauma behind."
When the ground is as saturated as it already is in the region, the governor said, the risks are endless."It doesn't take much wind to cause a tree to fall or a utility pole to fall," he said."These hazards are going to present themselves all over the state." "We can handle the first 5 inches, but after that, we can pump 1 inch per hour. If we get rain greater than that, it will exceed our capacity to pump it out," he told CNN.Officials earlier this week had warily eyed the Mississippi River as it far exceeded its usual midsummer levels owing to this year's historic storms throughout the valley.
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