The Wall Street Journal’s Siobhan Gorman gives a fairly positive review of FEMA’s evacuation and relief efforts in New Orleans following Hurricane Gustav. In fact, FEMA is now shifting its energy and employees to South Carolina where Hurricane Hanna is supposed to touch down this weekend.

But like Gustav, Hanna appears less dangerous that first thought. It’s now projected to be only a Category 1 hurricane. FEMA went along with New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin’s warnings that Gustav would be the "storm of the century." It’s important to see if these unfounded dire warnings make getting people to evacuate more difficult for the remainder of hurricane season.-MB

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