He must not have gone through Safety Town.
Water + Power lines = Danger
Portions of the telephone system in metropolitan New Orleans failed about 9:30 a.m., further isolating the city as Katrina's center passed.
Remote phone switching stations and wireless phone antennas, or cell sites, switched to backup battery or generator power after losing power from electrical lines. But many of those backup power sources were temporary.
Bu mid-morning, dialing into and out of the New Orleans area was becoming increasingly difficult.
no kidding