The results from the first phase of the voting under the newsystem, the award category nominations, have been questioned, according to the Washington Post.
It marks a newcategory of devices to use Google's system, offering the opportunity to install photo editing apps and other third-party software on the machines.
Weinberg noted that Katrina had been a Category 3 hurricane before moving up to Category 5, and there are thus still concerns about whether New Orleans' partially-rebuilt levee system can contain a sudden storm surge and prevent the city from flooding.