My sister moved down there about 2 years ago right after Katrina hit. She works for a company called Cityear(sp?) coordinating volunteer work and whatnot. She was forced to evacuate today to Baton Rouge with a bus full of her volunteers and other employees. I spoke with her this afternoon and she said they have already bussed out the elderly, handicapped and disabled earlier this week. She also told me they are not letting anyone stay behind in the city and there will be no "Refuge of last resort" within the city like the Superdome and Conference Center. They are removing you by force if you don't want to leave. Hopefully they don't have to use to much force and people learned form the Katrina catastrophe. The news down there is predicting a strong Cat 3 possibly a Cat 4. This will be devastating if it hits the area. Guess we'll see this weekend though. Everyone down there be safe and smart.