I have a kid who was slated to be a freshman and go down there last Friday. Last Wednesday he tore up his knee so bad we decided to keep him up here for surgery. My wife had thought of going down there with him (on crutches); glad they didn't. He had e-mail from a prospective roomate who said they drove east six hours from TX and turned right around and drove home. Tulane told them to leave very early--Friday I think--and tried to bus out the kids who couldn't get out on their own.
Haven't heard much about the water on that side of town. Maybe someone else knows. Its on the opposite side from the levee breaks, but seems to be a few feet lower than the Super Dome. I expect they'll be under 6 feet of water eventually if it evens out with waist-high water at the Dome. What a disaster.
Many kids from Tulane are in Jackson, Mississippi. They have a program between Tulane and Jackson State to assist each other during disasters. Jackson had some rough weather yesterday, but nothing like the coast.
The VP of Tulane University Hospital was on the phone with CNN last night and said water was rising at the rate of one inch every five minutes.... they had generators on the second floor was were calling for a FEMA evacuation of 1000 critical patients.