You may be right.
The whole NOLA thing reminds me of the joke: there is a flood.
A jeep goes to the guys house and he says no God will save me.
A boat goes to the guys now the water is rising. He says, no God will save.
Then a helicopter goes to the guys house. He says, no God will save me.
The guy drowns.
He looks at God and says why did you let me drown.
God says, hey I sent a jeep, a boat and a helicopter what more did you want?
With faith like that, I would be surprised when the guy died, he made it to Heaven.