Something underdiscussed on Katrina was the city had a bad storm bear down the year before only to turn east at the last minute. That adds to a false sense of security.
I’ve had some people ask “why won’t they cancel the game” and I’m not even going to entertain the football psychosis of it all and just say:
The problem with hurricanes is that you can be kinda casual about them, until an unspecified and unpredictable point where you absolutely can’t