What for? No residents, no businesses.
I take it there'll only be flights to and from Las Vegas?
I can't see any tourists running down to Orleans for at least four months. It'll be locals from Dallas and Houston that might drive down to spend a weekend at the French Quarter...but without major hotels in operation...this will be a odd-deal.
The odd thing here is that you can draw a circle around the flooded area, and alot of the city simply never was under water. The French Quarter never was. And its stupid to kick everyone out if your area is unaffected. And as for the bodies...at the end, we need to ask how many had bullet holes in them. There is a difference between dying of heat exhaustion at the Dome, drowning in the water while you were supposed to leave, and getting shot. And I'll bet the mayor doesn't want to discuss the guys who got shot (it is likely to be more than 20).
The French Quarter is fine. Rush he heard there are hotels down there that are good to go as soon as they get the electricity back on.