Correct me if I'm wrong, but being on the right side (East) of the storm, is where you will probally have major damage as well as huge storm surges. so saying it pulled an Ivan is in-correct, as those areas should have know to expect the worse that Katrina can give.

They did, please read, I said it did something similar to ivan with the surge, as a comparison, which is the last good example of where a powerful storm came across the gulf and pushed water upward into the gulf. Yes this is normal for storms of this strength hitting the Northern gulf, this is the point.