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New Orleans resident hopes Gustav won't be another Katrina

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Play from 0:04[0:04] ..." thing we do you know about these storms. Is that there -- unpredictable. And one that makes them scary. Because you don't know. On another level you weren't too. You know keep -- things prepare as well as you can and then. Couple days if you see that the likelihood is that it's it's been used to evacuate you know the the simple fact of life in the world for you know."...

Play from 0:00[0:00]" Well I don't think anybody's happiness because stuff on the horizon. One thing we do you know about these storms. Is that there -- unpredictable. And one that makes them scary. Because you don't know. On another level you weren't too. You know keep -- things prepare as well as you can and then. Couple days if you see that the likelihood is that it's it's been used to evacuate you know the the simple fact of life in the world for you know. -- Centuries. So you know we -- word had how to live with the premature most that is not. Cataclysmic forward Katrina although the thing to remember is that the real disaster that happened from new war. With hurricanes and that was the failure. A sort of dormant."

Play from 0:50[0:50]" and the failure of the government."

Play from 0:53[0:53]" Well on on every level local state and federal. Actually yeah."

Play from 0:58[0:58]" Well we wish -- the best and hope that it doesn't have doubled. He'll be -- thought certainly over the weekend Labor Day weekend thank you Tom thank you so much."

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