According to http://www.wwltv.com they have reported that there will be a mass evacuation of the 4000 inmates in the New Orleans jail to other state facilities as well as 1000 inmates in Jefferson Parish as well.

Also WWL-TV is broadcasting from a makeshift room at their transmitter site as of late this afternoon.

Here in Atlanta, pretty much every place I went into today that had a TV on was watching CNN and people were just heartbroken about what New Orleans and the entire Gulf Coast states are going through.
Clear Channel radio has set up a website http://www.stormaid.com for more information and on how to help.