It would take "days or weeks" to drain the floodwater to a point where the city's pumping stations could operate again, Stockton said.A couple of quotes I found on other posts sum it up well:
"The 'Big Easy' is now the 'Big Nasty.' "
... It's like The Day After Tomorrow, Dawn of the Dead, and Escape From L.A. all rolled into one...
Facing impossible challenges in times like this, bring stories of heroes and acts of kindness that pull us together and remind us what it means to be Americans.