Category 4 (or maybe 5) *

Nice image from New Orleans on the front of the LAT (at least in the early edition.) It's by Mark Wilson of Getty Images. Houston bureau chief Scott Gold appears to be on the ground waiting for Hurricane Katrina.

* Being Dan Rather: Mediabistro's TVNewser is giving blow-by-blow reports on how television is covering Katrina. 11:01 a.m.