[BlueNgold]

It is a survival there right now until the water recede.

I have seen many similar comments and people need to understand very clearly:
The water CANNOT RECEDE from the City of New Orleans.

The water must be pumped out. The vast majority of these people will need to be rescued/evacuated long before any sort of reasonable life sustaining services are available.

This is not a 'wait it out and hope for the best' situtation - it is a 'get out as soon as you can anyway you can' situation.

[Heatseeker]

I agree. I am particularly worried about the situation in the Superdome, which is already reported to be "miserable". I fear things could spiral out of control there very quickly.

I hope some operation is being planned or underway to get those people out.