[proud American in Canada]

I'm not sure if this is comparable to 9/11, but it's close to it as far as human misery & destruction.

Although there hasn't been the same number of casualties, it seems to me that this is going to be worse in economic, historic, and cultural terms.

I think the city is lost. I just don't see how they can rebuild to what it was before, and there is so much history that is gone. For example, I stayed in a youth hostel that used to be a Confederate civil war hospital. It was rumored to be haunted by the ghosts of dead soldiers.

If the water stays high for weeks, how can that possibly be saved?

[jveritas]

I think you are way over exxagerating. WAY OVER EXXAGERATING.

[RobFromGa]

rumored to be haunted by the ghosts of dead soldiers. If the water stays high for weeks, how can that possibly be saved?

I think that soldier ghosts can likely swim. :-)