OK. That's not the way it looked, but I will take your word for it.
I had lots of family and friends there. Most of the ones I am in contact in got out...but I have been glued to everything...If I hadn't left the city to care for my mom, I might have still been living there (and then I wouldn't have met my hubby, and then I wouldn't be living in Utah and talking to you!)
I still think they ought to appoint Giuliano as coordinating IC for the recovery in NO. Things would get hopping.