I wonder if most of these ongoing rooftop rescues will be confined to New Orleans, since it is the only place where the waters are now held in by the levees? Elsewhere the water should have subsided a good bit, with homes at least 5' or more above sea level. At least that is my hope.
When that guy says 1000 to 2000 casualities, does he mean deaths?
And what was the square mileage he just mentioned?
With all the water being dumped into the Mississippi River drainage basin (all of it so far), you can expect the Mississippi to be at flood stage for many days to come. In fact, it might get much worse before it gets better. All of it eventually will have to flow out through the city of New Orleans. Can the levees that are already stressed by the flooding downstream be able to cope with the mass of water that will be coming in the next few days?