LANDFALL
Gustav Monday, Sept. 1, 2008, about 9:30 a.m. CDT, near Cocodrie, La., about 70 miles southwest of New Orleans.
Katrina Monday, Aug. 29, 2005, about 6:10 a.m. CDT, near Buras, La., about 55 miles south of New Orleans.
STRENGTH
Gustav Reached Category 4, landfall as Category 2, winds near 110 mph.
Katrina Reached Category 5, landfall as Category 3, winds near 125 mph.
STORM SURGE
Gustav Reports of 12 feet high in the Industrial Canal, east side of New Orleans.
Katrina Estimated at 27 feet high in Hancock, Miss. (It was difficult to measure in New Orleans because buildings washed away, leaving no high water marks.)
STORM TRACK
Gustav Tropical storm forms Aug. 25, 2008, in the Caribbean, crosses Haiti, Cuba.
Katrina Tropical storm forms Aug. 24, 2005, over the Central Bahamas, strikes southern tip of Florida.
LEFT BEHIND
Gustav FEMA estimates 10,000 left in New Orleans.
Katrina 30,000 people crowd Superdome, convention center. Others plucked from homes, rooftops.
