Lenny - great to hear you made it out and although we are a little north of where you were by 50 miles or so we just got power back by a fluke - now we're just waiting for gas to show up
ginger - what Im seeing in raw video from the Quarter is that most of it is untouched and no worse than after a normal thunderstorm flooding - a few inches on bourbon st. I dont see any evidence of any looting there or on the side streets down towards the river and other than a few broken shutters even most of the windows that arent boarded seem to be unbroken. I did hear that there was a little extra flooding towards the French Market but the beignets over at the Cafe du Monde should be ready when we get back
I did see a shot of their cafe and it looked fine as well and Jackson Sq was untouched other than a few branches laying around