being from new orleans, i sort of laughed at this. yeah its kinda messed up, but having gone through many floods, being trapped inside for 3-4 days waiting for hte water to go down, images like that become commonplace. I am not trivializing the situation but in all honesty you get use to the city being flooded. Now, if the subject would have been focused on all the crazy shot that went down there, like at the convention center, yeah i would say it wouldnt be so funny. but am image like the one above is really nothing new to see for us. btw, i just sent this to my friend and brother, all form new orleans..and yeah they chuckled a bit..