Gearing up for Gustav, here we go again?

Cory Bergman August 29th, 2008

The local media in New Orleans are preparing for the worst again, as Gustav takes aim for the Gulf Coast. “We are going to be much better prepared than we were three years ago,” said Peter Kovacs, managing editor of the Times Picayune. “Our mistake three years ago was a reliance on operating from this building. We have other contingencies that we have worked out that would keep us in the city.” NOLA.com’s user-powered “My Storm” blog is up and running, and WWLTV.com is blogging the latest and streaming live video chats with a meteorologist. Meanwhile, the networks are scrambling to shift resources while they juggle coverage of the conventions — the RNC is slated to begin next week, but could be postponed. “To have it be on the third anniversary of Katrina, if you wrote it in a script or in a book, you wouldn’t believe it,” said CNN’s Anderson Cooper, who just left Denver for New Orleans.