Well unless you've lived under a rock or somewhere that doesn't have TV, you probably know that there was a hurricane that could have been much worse. From what I've seen there is just typical hurricane damage and not any major death toll. That's good news. But is it good enough.

When the storm made landfall, it was a category 2, not the monster category 4 that was feared. Somehow the storm missed out on its chance to become much stronger or the western part of Cuba did more to weaken the storm than it was supposed to. Regardless we dodged a bullet. The winds were weaker, the storm surge was smaller, and the landfall wasn't in the worst of places.

Kudos to New Orleans for getting everyone who wanted out of the city out of the city. They took the warnings very seriously and were ahead of the game this time. Lesson learned the hard way I guess. On a side note, does anyone else look forward to Ray Nagin's press conferences. Regardless of what you think of his decisions he's entertaining to watch, even in those times of desperation.

Here's the only thing I worry about. Will the city feel like they succeeded in avoiding the brunt of the storm and then relax their efforts to improve the levees, pumps, and evacuation preparations. This storm was not as bad as Katrina. Not in pressure, winds, storm surge, or location at landfall. With that said, we saw the water splashing over levees, levees about to fail, and a few problems with evacuations. Yes, the city did a good job of getting everyone out, but it was still a close call on whether or not they really protected the property. I hope that New Orleans, FEMA, and the State of Louisiana still work on making things better. This way, when another Katrina happens the city will be overly prepared.