It's been three years since Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, and, improbably, the city is bracing itself for the possibility that Tropical Storm Gustav will become a hurricane again and swing their way.

This time, the city is better prepared. Plans are in place to evacuate sick, elderly and poor residents as soon as today if Gustav stays on course for the Gulf Coast. (The Saints have already marched out.) The Army Corps of Engineers is testing the Harvey Floodgate and Pump Station to make sure it's ready for the storm surge, although experts are still worried about the levees.

For those who decide to evacuate, there is more help. The National Guard is in place to help coordinate, hopefully keeping the highways from becoming as clogged as they did in 2005, and A technologically adept couple took the state's contraflow maps and created an online version using Googlemaps. And KGLA-TV, New Orleans' Telemundo affiliate, will broadcast storm updates in Spanish to make sure the large influx of Latinos who moved to the area to help with Katrina recovery.

Three years on, a lot of good has happened in New Orleans, but Hurricane Katrina's effects are still evident on the city, and recovery continues even as most of the country has forgotten about it. Let's hope Gustav doesn't add further injury to that insult.