President Bush, we need the army in there. At least a division of airmobile reserves, better yet two.
Get them moving.
Navy too.
Don't screw around.
I'm be very surprised if they weren't getting set up to do exactly that.
It's unclear just how much communication is getting out of New Orleans, and how much the authorities really know about what's going on there. Remember, I heard about this from a local TV station in LOS ANGELES, just because one of their people happens to be stranded there, and happens to be in a hotel that still has a land line connection he can use to get the word out.