wow...what a difference a few miles makes! Gulfport, Biloxi and other smaller communities are taking the heaviest punch from the Eastern side of the storm, with N. Orleans getting 'only' nasty, miserable treatment, instead of catastrophic winds and floods. (only one levee breached..so far, but storm surge not over yet.)

It won't be easy for anyone who has to clean up and deal with the aftermath of this.