Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans, August 29, 2005

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Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans, August 29, 2005

Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans, August 29, 2005

A Hurricane Katrina survivor and her two babies wade through the water out to a waiting chartered bus outside the Hyatt Regency Hotel in New Orleans, Thursday, Sept.1, 2005. Starting with an estimated 16,000-20,000 people and estimated to continue through the night, refugees were walked through the lower level of the hotel to the awaiting air-conditioned buses.

New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, left, Councilman Oliver Thomas and Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco speak during a news conference about Hurricane Katrina, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2005. Residents of low-lying coastal communities were told Saturday to pack up and head for higher ground before Hurricane Katrina strengthens and takes a ``possible direct hit'' on southeast Louisiana.

Vehicles leave New Orleans Sunday morning, Aug. 28, 2005, as Hurricane Katrina approaches. The Louisiana Superdome is shown in the background. Katrina strengthened to a dangerous Category 5 storm on Sunday with 160 mph sustained wind as residents of south Louisiana jammed freeways in a rush to get out of the low-lying region and head inland to higher ground.

08/30/05 NEW ORLEANS: People move down Canal St. in New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina looking to be evacuated on Tuesday August 30, 2005.

An unidentified resident deals with the high waters from Hurricane Katrina as he awaits rescue Monday, Aug. 29, 2005, in the 8th Ward of New Orleans. Katrina plowed into the Gulf Coast at daybreak Monday with shrieking, 145-mph winds and blinding rain, submerging entire neighborhoods up to the rooflines in New Orleans, hurling boats onto land and sending water pouring into Mississippi's strip of beachfront casinos.

The Louisiana Superdome, which was damaged by Hurricane Katrina, sits surrounded by floodwaters Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2005 in New Orleans.

Marshall Martin, on roof, passes 3-month-old Christopher Collins to New Orleans Fire and Rescue officer Jonathan Pajeaud while the child's grandmother, Sheila Martin, waits on a water craft during evacuations in the 7th Ward of New Orleans, Monday, Aug. 29, 2005, following the passage of Hurricane Katrina through the area.

Blair Quintana, right, and Patrick Lampano seek shelter in a doorway in the French Quarter of New Orleans as Hurricane Katrina pounds the Crescent City on Monday, Aug. 29, 2005.

New Orleans, LA--Henry Rhodes swims towards a New Orleans Police department boat to be rescued in the 7th Ward on N. Miro Street Aug. 29, 2005 in New Orleans Monday. The area was flooded after hurricane Karina slammed the area.

A resident is rescued from the roof top of a home by the U.S. Coast Guard as floodwaters from Hurricane Katrina cover the streets Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2005 in New Orleans.

Evelyn Stroggs, 90, who spent the night in the Louisiana Superdome while Huricane Katrina pounded the area sits in a seat in the stadium in New Orleans, Monday, Aug. 29, 2005. The wind from the hurricane ripped pieces of metal from the roof, leaving two holes that let water drip in. A power outage also knocked out the air conditioning, and the storm refugees sweltered in the heat.

New Orleans residents Jeremy Hunt, 13, left, and Minor Wilson, 14, struggle to carry their water-logged baggage Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2005, while en route to shelter at the Louisiana Superdome. Several levees gave way to heavy rain and storm surge from Hurricane Katrina which forced residents from their homes.

Dozens of residents move to higher ground Monday, Aug. 29, 2005, in New Orleans as rising waters flood neighborhoods off N. Claiborne Avenue in the Orleans Parish as a result of Hurricane Katrina. (AP Photo/St. Petersburg Times, Douglas R. Clifford).

New Orleans Police and volunteers use boats to rescue residents from a flooded neighborhood on the east side of New Orleans, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2005. Hurricane Katrina left much of the city under water. Officials called for a mandatory evacuation of the city, but many resident remained in the city and had to be rescued from flooded homes and hotels.

A New Orleans Police Department employee tries to calm a massive crowd of Hurricane Katrina refugees waiting outside the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans Thursday, Sept. 1, 2005. Huge crowds, hoping to finally escape the stifling confines of the stadium, jammed the main concourse outside the dome, spilling out over the ramp to the Hyatt hotel next door. (AP Photo/The Advocate, Richard Alan Hannon)

A Hurricane Katrina survivor breaks down in front of the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, as she waits to for a bus ride Thursday, Sept. 1, 2005 . Starting with an estimated 16,000- 20,000 people and estimated to continue through the night, refugees were walked through the lower level of the hotel to the awaiting air-conditioned buses.

A military helicopter makes a food and water drop to survivors of Hurricane Katrina near the Convention Center in New Orleans, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2005.

Jada Forest,3 sleeps on a bed in a room at the Comfort Inn on Fulton Industrial just off I-20. Jada is able to sleep even though the rest of the Forest family watches television in the same room. The Forest family as well as dozens of other families staying at the hotel are from Gentilly in the Seven Ward of east New Orleans - Katrina evacuees - The hotel is home to scores of people from the Gulf Coast who fled Hurricane Katrina.

Evacuees from the Superdome in New Orleans, argue as they line up for a bus trip to the Houston Astrodome on Thursday, Sept. 1, 2005, during evacuations efforts after Hurricane Katrina.

Members of the National Guard stand on a ramp leading to the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2005, in heavy floodwaters. Hurricane Katrina pounded the New Orleans Monday causing widespread damage and flooding. The Red Cross is bringing in supplies to the Superdome.

Pocahontas Gomez, left, and her aunt Brenda Varnado tour the Bywater neighborhood in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina moved through the area on Monday, Aug. 29, 2005.

Cavel Fisher Clay, 33, is seen with her children, Dejon Fisher, 8, and Alexis Fisher, 14, as they wait in line to get onto busses to the Houston Astrodome, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2005, in New Orleans, days after Hurricane Katrina flooded New Orleans.

An aerial view of flooded school buses in a lot, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2005, in New Orleans, LA. The flood is a result of Hurricane Katrina that passed through the area last Monday.

Residents wait on a roof to be evacuated from the floodwaters of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2005.

New Orleans residents are rescued by helicopter from the floodwaters of Hurricane Katrina Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2005 in New Orleans.

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A Hurricane Katrina survivor and her two babies wade through the water out to a waiting chartered bus outside the Hyatt Regency Hotel in New Orleans, Thursday, Sept.1, 2005. Starting with an estimated 16,000-20,000 people and estimated to continue through the night, refugees were walked through the lower level of the hotel to the awaiting air-conditioned buses.

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