[Iwo Jima]

Well, then let's get started. Civilian watercraft go house to house, rescuing people or at least disbursing life jackets. Transport people to designated handoff points so that they can be gotten to safe ground outside of the NO "bowl." Let the churches, etc. take over from there to get them the food, clothes, medical care, etc. they need.

Larger craft could pick up people from the levee at the Mississippi at Jackson Square in the French Quarter.

Within the day we could evacuate lots of people -- maybe not everyone, but LOTS and every person counts.

Difficult? Risky? Unplanned? Unthought out? Yes, but think "Dunkirk."

[Spktyr]

Civilian watercraft *are* heading to the area. 300 of the "rescue boats" that went out at dawn are airboats from other states. 60 of them were from Texas.

Dunkirk had a lot of problems, but the most important thing to remember was that it *worked*.