Communication is difficult for me when I am not at work, so I only briefly learned of this storm yesterday. I had a few minutes to look at sats and models and the thing that worries me most, is if Rita does track somewhat east of the current forecast, then NO will be on the east side of the storm. The small amount of rain we got this weekend (luckily, the first since Katrina) managed to allow water into my parent's house through the covered hole in the roof, and knocked electricity out for another 24-hours for some people in my area. I do think that letting people assess Katrina damage in NO is a good idea, as perhaps it can allow people to recover items that actually survived Katrina or prepare (as best they can) for the possibility of another storm. The main concern I have is that many people still in the area that were affected by Katrina have no idea that we are in the 'cone' for yet another storm. I spoke to a few friends and mentioned Rita, and because of power/cable outages and general communication problems, they knew nothing about it.