The situation in New Orleans is depressing as hell. There was a picture from the AP showing people on the roof of a building who had painted "please help" in big letters for helicopters, there was a report of doctors who had to barricade themselves off in a hospital because armed gunmen were after them, there was a man with diabetes who said he hadn't eaten for three or four days and thinks he might not make it. A Tribune article I read has some of this.