May 17, 2004. Read it and apologize.
"Not ONE person" Remember?
USA Today - Officials working on hurricane plan for New Orleans
Posted 5/17/2004 6:25 PM Updated 5/28/2004 9:53 PM
While it talks primarily about water coming over the tops of the levees, clearly they were also concerned with the waters causing a breach in the levees.
Officials have warned that if a major hurricane hits New Orleans, thousands of people could be killed and the city could be flooded for weeks as flood waters breach the levees ringing the city, which has the topography of a saucer that dips several feet below sea level in many places."