And the magic cone says...Mississippi! Yes!
Mississippi has been goldbricking for years with its hurricane duties, forcing the Florida Panhandle to pick up its slack. Don't get me wrong -- Mississippi is a nice state, but just like that one guy in your crowd who's sooooo slow to reach for his wallet when the lunch check comes, nobody's fooled by Mississippi's yearly hurricane dodge. Florida's not breaking out the plastic twice in one week.
Louisiana, you just sit back down and chew your Rolaids; you're not up to this.
Good luck to everyone in Katrina's road.
UPDATE
My excellent hellstorm photo made it into the Sun-Sentinel, credited to florida-cracker.org. They didn't make the link live, though. Darn it.
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Katrina Aftermath
Softly, Softly Came Katrina Calling
Katrina
Tropical storm Katrina has already caused over $25,000,000,000 (25 billion dollars in damages to southern USA, this figure could double with insurance claims) in damages, food/water shortages, looting/crime (price gauging) running rampant (military law to take affect?), it is hurendous!
I have had my life uprooted from accidental fires (once an appartment fire caused me to become homeless without any possesions of my own), but I could not imagine my entire neighbourhood, city or even state destroyed and devastated.
My heart goes out to people living in Mississippi, New Orleans, southern Alabama, Gulf Coast, etc... I encourage everyone to volunteer (search & rescue workers, fire fighters, debris clearing, medical staff, engineers, etc) for or donate to a hurricane relief fund (the damage is tremendous and many homeless or missing) like UNICEF, United Way, American Red Cross (many wounded need blood donations, even volunteer nurses and doctors are needed) or the Salvation Army (find links on http://www.sparesomechange.com for homeless/poverty organizations near disaster areas), (make sure it is reputable organization)!