My mother lived in the A basin in Butte LaRose, inland from NO. If the Corp of Engineers had to flood the basin to save NO, she was offered extremely expensive flood insurane for a window of ninety days. I don't know about hurricanes, though.
Updates as they come in on Katrina
02:43 PM CDT on Tuesday, August 30, 2005
Tom Planchet
2:42 P.M. (AP) -- The question is not whether Congress will pass legislation to speed disaster relief to communities devastated by Hurricane Katrina, but how soon and how much. The answers: real soon and a lot.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has $2.5 billion in funds available for immediate assistance such as emergency shelters, food, and medical care, said Scott Milburn, spokesman for the White House budget office. But longer-term assistance, such as help in removing wreckage, rebuilding homes, and repairing highways and federal facilities will require a major infusion of cash provided by Congress.
2:41 P.M. - Jefferson Parish officials say schools could reopen by Dec. 1.
2:39 P.M. - Jeff Parish councilman Tom Capella says pumps working near Veterans and West Esplanade and water is receeding there. He says break in levee at 17th Street canal continues to pour water into Lakeview.
2:32 P.M. - LSU to begin classes next Tuesday.
2:30 P.M. - Coast Guard says it has rescued 1,200 people so far in Louisiana.
2:24 P.M. - (AP) -- Hurricane Katrina forced scores more flight cancellations involving New Orleans and other Southern cities Tuesday as airlines juggled their schedules around one of the worst storms on record.