This storm is a big nothing. It's an ordinary storm by just about any basis you care to name.
The media is apoplectic, of course.
Will there be damage? Yes. Sure. It would be a miracle if there wasn't anything significant. But...we're talking about just ordinary storm damage. Trees and power lines down. A few homes flooded out. That kind of thing. The levees are not going to be breached by this thing. The storm surge simply isn't high enough. If any levee fails it will be due to the usual Lousinana corruption hijinks where what was paid for was not delivered. But even with that low possibility scenario I don't think a levee is going to fail.
Will there be deaths? Probably. But only from stupidity. Anyone who takes reasonable precautions will be fine.
This storm is a dud for the media. They are hoping against hope that somehow a miracle (for them) will happen and the storm somehow becomes a CAT3 or CAT4 so that they have some nice visuals to put up against the RNC convention. But it's not going to happen.
I will say this: If it had been a real frickin' hurricane it is in the perfect path/location to take NO out for good.
But, no...this is a wimpy storm. The atmospheric pressure is too high at 969 millibars. It would need to be in the low 900's to qualify as anything even vaguely scary.
