Civil engineering and infrastructure repair in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina and 70% complete in Jefferson Parish. There were many predictions of hurricane risk in New Orleans before Hurricane Katrina in August, 2005. In 2001, the "Houston Chronicle" published a story which predicted that a severe hurricane striking New Orleans, "would strand 250,000 people or more, and probably kill one of 10 left behind as the city drowned under of water. Thousands of refugees could land in Houston." Many concerns also focused around the fact that the city's levee system was only designed for hurricanes of no greater intensity than category 3. As it turned out, Katrina was Category 3 when
1915 New Orleans hurricane September 29, and local emergency offices enforced strict curfews for New Orleans as landfall approached; meteorologist Isaac Cline stated in an entry to the Monthly Weather Review that the effective dissemination of warnings and strict enforcement of curfew "unquestionably" mitigated additional loss of life in the city. As the hurricane traversed the Gulf of Mexico from September 28 to September 29, it produced rough surf along its path. The cutter "Miami" was caught in the storm, but was able to use a heavily damaged ship as an anchor before resuming its trek towards Key West, Florida. Storm surge and rough