In this image provided by the U.S. Navy, a Search and Rescue swimmer, left, prepares to assist in the a rescue of a survivor in Louisiana, August 31, 2005, aboard the MH-60S Seahawk helicopter, as part of a military relief effort for victims of Hurricane Katrina. (AP /U.S. Navy, Photographer's Mate Airman Jeremy L. Grisham)
- In this image provided by the U.S. Navy, a Search and Rescue swimmer, left, prepares to assist in the a rescue of a survivor in Louisiana, August 31, 2005, aboard the MH-60S Seahawk helicopter, as part of a military relief effort for victims of Hurricane Katrina. (AP /U.S. Navy, Photographer's Mate Airman Jeremy L. Grisham)
- New Orleans resident Yvonne Thomas, center, waits at the evacuation staging area on Interstate-10 in Metarie, Louisiana, September 1, 2005. Officials were airlifting the evacuees to the staging area where they loaded buses bound for the Astrodome in Houston. At right is Silette Pieree, at left is Amy Sanibel. (AP/Dave Martin)
- Betty Robinson searches her sister's antique shop which was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in Waveland, Mississippi, on September 1, 2005. (AP/John Bazemore)
- Terri Jones, right, and others try to cool down fellow flood victim Dorthy Divic, 89, center, who was overheated and exausted at the convention center in New Orleans, September 1, 2005. Officials called for a mandatory evacuation of the city, but many resident remained in the city and had to be rescued from flooded homes and hotels and remain in the city awaiting a way out. (AP/Eric Gay)
- A hand-painted sign outside a New Orleans business warns away looters in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, September 1, 2005. Ethicists and social psychologists said in interviews that rules of human behavior -- including respect for others' property and for social order itself -- dissolve quickly in desperate circumstances like the storm's aftermath. (AP/Bill Haber)
- A seven-day-old child is held by a woman as they wait at the evacuation staging area on Interstate-10 in Metarie, Louisiana, Sept. 1, 2005. Thousands of residents of the flood besieged city are seeking a way out. Officials were airlifting the evacuees to the staging area where they loaded buses bound for the Astrodome in Houston. (AP/Dave Martin)
- Hurricane Katrina refugees Janova Jackson, left, and her sister Marion Young, both from New Orleans, read the newspaper at a shelter in Dallas, September 1, 2005. The women, who both worked as housekeepers in a small hotel in the French Quarter, said a relative who stayed behind said their side-by-side houses are gone. (AP Photo/Donna McWilliam)
- A fire burns on the east side of New Orleans early morning, September 2, 2005. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, firefighters say they will let the fire burn itself out. The explosion jolted residents awake early September 2, illuminating the pre-dawn sky with red and orange flames over the city. (AP/Eric Gay)
- A young man walks through chest deep flood water after looting a grocery store in New Orleans on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2005. Flood waters continue to rise in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina did extensive damage when it made landfall on Monday. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)
- The American flag waves in front of a house in Biloxi on Aug. 31, 2005. The home was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. (Joshua Lott/AP Photo)
- Casino wreckage from Hurricane Katrina litters the area on Beach Boulevard in Biloxi. (AP/William Colgin/The Mississippi Press )
- An aerial photograph shows damage wrought by Hurricane Katrina in a neighborhood in Waveland. (AP Photo/The Sun Herald, David Purdy)
- Floodwaters from Hurricane Katrina fill the streets near downtown New Orleans in this Aug. 30, 2005 file photo. Despite billions of dollars in aid, recovery programs from catchy names and an outpouring of volunteer effort, New Orleans is not recovering from Hurricane Katrina. (AP/David J. Phillip)
- Floodwaters from Hurricane Katrina fill the streets near downtown New Orleans in this Aug. 30, 2005 file photo. Despite billions of dollars in aid, recovery programs from catchy names and an outpouring of volunteer effort, New Orleans is not recovering from Hurricane Katrina. (AP/David J. Phillip)
- This secton of the Interstate 10 bridge in New Orleans, La., is seen on Aug. 30, 2005, after Hurricane Katrina stormed ashore. A new report cited Katrina's damage as an example of how warming might impact transportation infrastructure. (AP/David J. Phillip)
- Sergeant Jerome Butler (right), Sergeant James Epley (center), and Sergeant James Cooper of the Army National Guard unit from Slocomb, Ala., made their way down Washington Avenue in Ocean Springs, Miss., Friday. Guard units from all over were arriving to provide aid and comfort. (AP Photo)
- National Guard troops struggled to help victims and maintain order in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. (AP Photo)
- While some refugees greeted National Guard troops with anger and curses over the delay in aid, others like D.J. Kelly of east New Orleans shouted offers of thanks and appreciation for food and water. (AP Photo)
- Specialist Chad Blocker with the Arkansas National Guard chatted with Jermaine Williams, 11, after the military arrived for relief efforts at the New Orleans Convention Center. Blocker, who recently returned from Iraq, said, "This looks just like the streets of Baghdad, maybe even worse." (AP Photo)
- As the National Guard patrolled, Louis Jones, 81 (left) and Catherine McZeal, 62 (right) helped each other walk down Poydras Street Thursday. (AP Photo)
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