Hello Rudsy,
I have done New Orleans twice. 2014 was November and this trip.
2008 was Thomas Cook and the Southern States. When we started in Atlanta in September, Hurricane Gustav had just arrived causing some flooding around the already devastated New Orleans from Katrina 3 years before. We followed Hurricane Ike thinking it was going up the Eastern Seaboard. It deviated at the last moment into the Gulf of Mexico, a 600 mile wide storm. New Orleans took the edge causing more flooding to Lake Pontchartrain, and the Bayous. I stood on Bourbon Street in 50 mph winds sheltered drinking and listening to a great local Blues band. Later I listened to the news and Galveston being hammered. As a result, Lafayette and Cajun cooking plus Houston which looked like a War Zone was left off the itinery. Given an extra day in New Orleans and made our way back to Atlanta for a flight home.
We were in a 2.66 earthquake in Wellington NZ, only knew as I was looking at the earthquake app at the time 😉
Do not worry about Natural Disasters, life's too short 🙂
Jan