CNN is interviewing officials in Abbeville who are describing the rescue of hundreds or "up to 1000" people from homes in marshy land to the south. The Mayor of Abbeville said, at one point, that the marshes normally extending to the Gulf "look like the Gulf of Mexico" and one person described a 2-story house being under water to its roofline.

I have not heard any reports from Cameron. Has anyone? Until all these smaller communities are accounted for, either by communication with locals or visits by rescuers, we won't know the real story of Rita in my opinion.