I hope to God they got those areas evacuated, but seeing as we're talking about Blank-o, I'm not optimistic. Listened to her deliver the Dim talking points just a couple of minutes ago, and it sounds like they're more interested in ensuring the goobermint squeeze keeps flowing than they are in making sure the folks in the low lying areas are okay. Of course, they're saving them to bash Bush with.
Here:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y138/jeffers_mz/Rita/BigPicture.jpg
Big picture view, based on collected anecdotal reports to date.