I just noticed that if you hit the “Satellite” or “Hybrid” button, it will show you what it looks like pre-Hurricane. Then if you hit the “Katrina” button, it reverts back to what it looks like after Katrina. Good for showing the difference.

I’m glad Google did this – I was thinking about it, and one thing that I hope this site does is give those who evacuated a chance to find their house and get a rough idea of the situation to expect… I don’t know about anybody else, but I think if it were me I’d rather give myself a chance to mentally prepare for what may or may not be lost instead of not knowing at all until I saw it in person.