Floodwaters from Hurricane Katrina flow through a broken levee near downtown New Orleans.
An aerial view shows homes destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.
New Orleans residents wait on a roof for rescuers to arrive.
A Coast Guard helicopter pulls a New Orleans resident to safety. Hundreds of people were rescued from the rising floodwaters.
Most of the city is in the dark Tuesday night, Aug. 30, including the silhouted skyline of downtown overlooking the Mississippi River.(Gary Coronado/The Palm Beach Post)
Looters carry off goods from stores along Canal Street in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina on Tuesday. (Matt Rourke/Austin American-Statesman)
NEW ORLEANS -- Parts of New Orleans sit under water. (Matt Rourke/Austin American-Statesman)
NEW ORLEANS -- Hundreds of people loot a Super Wal-Mart in the Garden District on Tuesday, Aug. 30. (Gary Coronado/The Palm Beach Post)
NEW ORLEANS -- People move down Canal Street, looking to be evacuated, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina on Tuesday. (Matt Rourke/Austin American-Statesman)
NEW ORLEANS -- Stranded people make their way along Canal Street as flooding keeps on invading the city. (Gary Coronado/The Palm Beach Post)
NEW ORLEANS -- The National Guard on the ramp to the Louisiana Superdome. (Gary Coronado/The Palm Beach Post)
NEW ORLEANS -- People in New Orleans take food along with the displays from a Winn Dixie in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina on Tuesday. (Matt Rourke/Austin American-Statesman)
NEW ORLEANS -- A pawn shop burns close to downtown as emergency rescue personnel sit on Interstate 10 east getting ready to evacuate people outside the city as flooding keeps on invading the area. (Gary Coronado/The Palm Beach Post)
NEW ORLEANS -- Sign outside the Louisiana Superdome.(Gary Coronado/The Palm Beach Post)
NEW ORLEANS -- The National Guard unloads supplies from a Red Cross helicopter at the Louisiana Superdome. (Gary Coronado/The Palm Beach Post)
NEW ORLEANS -- More than the Mississippi River flows through the Cresent City. (AP Photo)
NEW ORLEANS -- Rushing toward inland neighborhoods. (AP Photo)
NEW ORLEANS -- A traffic median serves as a temporary island. (AP Photo)
That is NOT a "Red Cross" (do they even have helicopters?) helicopter the guardsmen were unloading. It is a Army medical evacuation aircraft. Looks like a UH-1 and probably, being a UH-1, from the 812th AA MED CO out of Alexandria, LA.
Posted by: Chris Kegerreis | October 03, 2006 at 10:15 AM