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Cruise ships normally dock in New Orleans, and those vessels won't be making their scheduled trips from that port for some time, so they are essentially idle. No doubt, FEMA could pay the going rate to rent them and put them and their crews to great use. The Mississippi River appears to be as navigable as it ever has been. Yes, there is debris, but that river always has a lot of debris. I believe this is an eminently workable approach to rescuing a large number of people rather quickly.