It wouldn't have helped anyway. The only water pressure available is from fire BOATS, which draw water from the floodwaters or rivers. New Orleans has plenty of fire gear, but they can't use it.
Not so, most fire engines can draft from any source of water, Pool, lake.
They use a stiffened hose and a trash screen on the pump inlet and have at it.
Not exactly true. It's true they don't have water pressure, but pumper trucks aren't reliant on water pressure...they just need any sort of water...water in the street has been used to fight fires during the last few days. I saw them do it!