It's worse.
Katrina's storm track to the storm through the Tennessee and Ohio river valleys. Kentucky got six inches of rain out of it. All of that water has to go somewhere...
It will drain through the Mississippi Delta. Yes, that means New Orleans. The water will continue to rise for days, if not weeks.
I have lived through two Category 3 storms, and a Category 4. It's part of the reason I don't live on the East Coast any more. I don't want to know about a Category 5 storm.
But it is a good thing that the whole "Global Warming" thing is just a myth. You know, junk science and all. I'd hate to think that we should expect more of these.
Sorceress Sarah