A message needs to be sent to the looters, who are capitalizing on the absence of authority as all resources are directed towards rescue and preventing the city from complete submersion.

For a little bit of good news, the Coast Guard has rescued over 1200 people.

-- edit - let's let the news sources talk about possible deaths.. too many unsubstantiated reports are floating around. Accuracy is more important than the speed of reporting. --RedingtonBeachGuy

Not to be contrary Redington, and I will respect your wishes and not repost my comment, but are official statements by city spokesmen REALLY unsubstantianted? In our current situation, that's about as good as you can get.