You would think so. You would think everyone with a boat would be going down to pick them up.
For those able, here is request from Houma Today
http://www.houmatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=weather02
August 30. 2005 12:44PM
Help needed and free water available
HELP NEEDED
Got a boat? Volunteers with boats are needed to help with relief and rescue efforts in flood-stricken New Orleans. Call organizers at (225) 925-7500.
Civic Center volunteers: Volunteers may be needed to help staff the Houma-Terrebonne Civic Center, which was preparing to handle potentially hundreds of refugees from New Orleans. Watch houmatoday.com for further announcements, as plans were tentative earlier today.