thoughts about New Orleans

I've been reading about what's been going on back at my old town of New Orleans. It seems that I'll never be able to go back to the same place again. It looks as though my old neighborhood is still intact; I have only seen photos of downed trees and some crushed buildings, but haven't read any reports of serious flooding. The rest of the city, though, wasn't so lucky. It was gut-wrenching to see the areas along Lake Ponchatrain. My thoughts go out to everyone in the area.