I am talking about the folks that are downtown, or in the French Quarter, or in the higher areas near the levees running south of St Charles Street. Those folks need to be evacuated. They are trying to get folks to downtown that are trapped in attics and roof tops in the flood zone. Apparently 700 folks were picked up last night.
From what I have heard, water is rising in downtown and the French Quarter. Once the water is more than knee-deep, it'll be too dangerous to wade through it.