Craig wrote:
Bob, the city is wiped out by the levee breaking, which was caused by
the hurricane,
I was wondering what kind of damage the hurricane itself did, had the
levee not broken.

The only thing I ever did hear was that NO got 7" of rain, i never
did hear the highest wind speed etc.
I didnt think NO had the same kind of damage as Gulfport for
example.

And yes BOB, I am very aware of what the levee's breaking has
caused.

Bob D. appears to be pulling his "facts" steaming from his butt.

Since the eye of Katrina passed just east of New Orleans, there was not
as much damage as there was farther east, where the winds were greater
and the storm surge higher as the south winds pushed Gulf water ashore.

The levees were damaged as the low pressure and north winds just west of
the eyewall, pushed water from Lake Pontchartrain over them. The actual
failures occurred a full day later on Tuesday. There doesn't appear to
have been all that much wind damage to the city from the storm, though
there certainly was some.