National Geographic Predicts Details of Disaster

National Geographic ran an article last year predicting nearly everything that would occurr if a Level 4 or 5 huuricane hit New Orleans. Read the article- it's very wierd how accurate it was. If many New Orleans' residents had read this, they may not have stayed.

Click here for the article.

Here's an exerpt:

The storm hit Breton Sound with the fury of a nuclear warhead, pushing a deadly storm surge into Lake Pontchartrain. The water crept to the top of the massive berm that holds back the lake and then spilled over. Nearly 80 percent of New Orleans lies below sea level—more than eight feet below in places—so the water poured in. A liquid brown wall washed over the brick ranch homes of Gentilly, over the clapboard houses of the Ninth Ward, over the white-columned porches of the Garden District, until it raced through the bars and strip joints on Bourbon Street like the pale rider of the Apocalypse. As it reached 25 feet (eight meters) over parts of the city, people climbed onto roofs to escape it.