And the looters aren't going to be so eager to evacuate. Once the city has been evacuated of all that want to leave, I believe they'll be a remnant that don't want to leave.
It will be interesting to see how they go about completely evacuating the city.
I haven't read all the thread, but I have a question about pumping out the city. Suppose they do get the levees fixed in a few weeks, and then begin to pump the water out. Are they going to pump all that polluted water into the lake?
Cleanup of NO will be unlike any attempted cleanup after a hurricane, or even a tsunami. In other cities, runoff happens, and water recedes pretty rapidly, that's just not going to happen in NO.
A caller on the morning talk show in my local area said that after evacuation, they should blow the levees, let the water rise to it's natural level, and only recoup the property that sits above sea level, sort of a Venice of North America. Don't think that's doable (major pollution issues), but don't think rebuilding in a flood plane is doable either.
These armed looters should be SHOT.....not finally evacuted to continue their crimes outside of NO.
but I have a question about pumping out the city.
No hurry to *pump* the city now & apparently gov't can't do more that one thing (right) at a time.