Has "Katrina" the great blown your traffic away?

I'm thousands of miles away and also got affected by hurrican katrina. My usual traffic was down by 50% and is still down now by 30%.
Seems that many are following katrina and do less searches on other things.

 

What would a hurricane passing over 2 or 3 states have anything to do with traffic? I got normal traffic and it seems to be a great Adsense day

 

Maybe the server was in New Orleans, on a global scale it has very little impact except for fuel prices. Not to belittle the severity of the event, I only wish the best for those affected by Katrina.

 

Don't hosting companies have some kind of backup for this kind of events?

 

offtopic on check the title of thread i thought its related to "Katrina Kaif" one of famous Bollywoord (indian cinema) personality..

 

Was she affected by the hurricane?

 

I have a mobile home repair site and the pattern I noticed after the Florida hurricanes was that traffic dropped off a lot during and just after the storm. Then, as power was restored, it soared as people went looking for advice about how to do repairs and where to buy parts.