Subject: With a history of several destructive storms, the county has a well-rehearsed disaster plan. But Katrina, a powerful Category Four hurricane when it devastated Mi2.0/ssi2.0/ssippi and Louisiana, was on residents' minds even though Ophelia was only Category One and had been waxing and waning in strength.
Date: 9/23/2005 1:15 PM



The Army Corps of Engineers Saturday revised its timetable for draining the flood waters from New Orleans, saying the draining should be completed in October, far sooner than previous estimates.
'Aware of the dangers'
Roberts also seemed to reject executive power to order the detention of American citizens in wartime simply because of their nationality or religion, similar to the imprisonment of Japanese-Americans during World War II.