Hurricane Rita...please hit New Orleans!

This may sound totally heartless...but let's think through this. I think I am being both reasonable and compassionate when I say...

IF, and only IF, Rita is going to make landfall as a full strength hurricane, I hope she hits New Orleans dead on.

If she hits anywhere else on the Gulf Coast, she will potentially cause more death and destruction. If she hits New Orleans dead on, or takes the exact same path as Katrina, she will hit mostly rubble, and the vast majority of the people will already be on safe ground (because they haven't returned), and it won't be difficult to motivate both the residents and the authorities of the region to make sure everyone is out.

The other benefit of this is that it will cause us to further think through this whole "We're going to spend untold billions of dollars to rebuild New Orleans back to her former glory" mindset. Rebuild New Orleans? Why not? To her former glory? Well, I'm not sure glory is the appropriate word, but we must rebuild wisely.

Of course, I'd much rather she just dissipate right out in the Gulf and become another forgotten storm.