Seems like the French Quarter may have dodged the worst case scenario, but NO still took the bullet.
Video of looting on the ABC link, WBRZ. Sick.
Amazing aerial video, maybe the same that you guys are seeing? Saw Coast Guard rescue a guy from his roof. Plus a house fire and firefighters trying to figure out how to attack it. Many homes flooded up to their roofs.
The pictures are steadily getting worse. Air rescue of a man on a roof.
It is all about elevations, and what levee bowl you are in (there are 13 of them I have heard). Three of them leaked bad (St Bernard, the 9th ward (east NO), and Kenner. The French Quarter and the area near the river tend to be 5-10 feet about sea level. Parts of NO nearer the Lake but not right on the lake are about 5 feet below sea level.