>From Soundings Magazine: 1. New Orleans. It's low-lying, protected by levees, and on the flight path of late-season hurricanes that spawn in the western Caribbean and rev up in the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico. 2. Lake Okeechobee. It's low-lying, protected by levees, and a prime target since Florida is the country's most active hurricane zone. 3. Florida Keys. They are low-lying, difficult to evacuate - only one highway runs the 125-mile length of the island chain - and are located in a very active hurricane zone. 4. Coastal Mississippi. It's low-lying and located on a shallow sound where barrier islands funnel and trap surge. 5. Miami-Fort Lauderdale. They are located in South Florida - a prime target for hurricanes coming both out of the western Caribbean and the Atlantic. The population is large, evacuation routes are inadequate, and a lot of poor people who can't evacuate or protect their homes live there. 6. Galveston-Houston. Galveston is on a low-lying barrier island vulnerable to surge on the sound side, despite its oceanside seawall. ... "A lot of big ones come up that way," . 7. Cape Hatteras, N.C. The Outer Banks are low-lying barrier islands - narrow, exposed, subject to massive storm erosion that cuts channels across the islands. ... The Outer Banks are a prime target for hurricanes that cross the Atlantic from the Azores and turn north before Florida. ....the islands are second only to Florida in numbers of hurricanes hitting or brushing them. 8. Eastern Long Island, N.Y. "It's been a long time since they've seen a big hurricane," says Leatherman. The last big one was Gloria, a Category 3 that hit in 1985. (So why worry now???) 9. Wilmington, N.C. Wilmington and the resort communities around it - Wrightsville Beach, Topsail Island, Oak Island - have been hit a lot in recent years. Wilmington's downtown on the Cape Fear River is low-lying, as are the barrier islands, and Mason's Inlet is migrating - it is very prone to erosion. 10. Tampa-St. Petersburg, Fla. The west-coast Florida shoreline is low-lying and prone to flooding, its population is huge, and Tampa Bay is shoal. A 15- to 20-foot storm surge is par for the bay if a big hurricane hits....."It's had some good luck, but also it's not on a major route for hurricanes."