How High Winds in New Orleans Caused Thunder in Oklahoma

August 2005. Among the many disasters in New Orleans left by Hurricane Katrina’s levee breaks was the apparent loss of the city’s professional level arena. The facility, which was built to attract pro basketball, had been completed six years earlier. Because of the new arena, New Orleans had lured the Charlotte Hornets, a franchise troubled […]

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