Photographic and Reuters-Yahoo caption posted Aug 30, circa 11:46 AM, are proof that federal assets were in the disaster area as soon as weather permitted on Monday. The caption also documents the fact that the scope of the disaster was not known until about mid-morning Tuesday, Aug. 30.
Petty Officer 1st Class Steven Huerta prepares to hoist two children into a Coast Guard rescue helicopter in New Orleans August 29, in this handout released on August 30, 2005. The children were among many New Orleans citizens rescued from their rooftops due to flooding caused by Hurricane Katrina. The Coast Guard has begun damage assessment overflights as well as search and rescue operations. A widespread disaster unfolded on the Gulf Coast Tuesday as up to 80 people were reported dead in Mississippi, and floodwaters poured into low-lying New Orleans through levees battered by powerful Hurricane Katrina.
Petty Officer 1st Class Steven Huerta scours neighborhoods over New Orleans, Louisiana, for citizens in distress as a result of flooding caused by Hurricane Katrina on August 29.
Flooded roadways can be seen in this photo as the Coast Guard conducts initial Hurricane Katrina damage assessment overflights in New Orleans August 29.
In this caption, Yahoo was not worried about New Orleans, but about economic losses: Flooded roadways can be seen in this photo released on Tuesday as the Coast Guard conducts initial Hurricane Katrina damage assessment overflights over New Orleans, Louisiana August 29, 2005. Prices for energy, cotton copper and grains surged on Tuesday, as skies began clearing on stunning losses to homeowners, business and commodity production a day after Hurricane Katrina devastated coastal areas of three Gulf states.
