As yet another hurricane threatens New Orleans again, The Iguanas brace for more punishment, continue their love affair with their home and prepare for the release of their new album If You Should Ever Fall on Hard Times.

Just as The Iguanas are chopping their way through the aftermath of hurricane Gustav, Ike is now moving its churning mass into the Gulf of Mexico and inches its way toward a battered but resilient New Orleans. Though the constant threat of evacuations and days of hard labor to repair damage populate their thoughts and schedules, the band, like the city they love, is filled with an indignant love that refuses to be tramped down.

"We are living day to day on the edge of a machete like the one I sharpened today to clear my storm-screwed yard, but I am still very much loving New Orleans," said guitarist and vocalist Rod Hodges after regaining electricity a few days after Gustav.

Rene Coman, summing up the feelings of thousands of New Orleanians offered these thoughts, "New Orleans is the only place where after a storm has passed, and there is no electric service and no stores or restaurants open, people will still line up at a check-point hours before they reopen the city so they can get back to their homes, so they can sit in the dark and sweat and eat a can of tuna fish and be so happy to be there."