Kathleen Blanco: “I talked to every person in power including the President. You know, begging for help.”

It's pretty sad. We've had these frustrations day in and day out. The housing situation is critical.

But I want citizens who are in the coastal parishes to start making preparations to leave now.

They have M-16s and they're locked and loaded. These troops know how to shoot and kill, and I expect they will.

They know not of what they speak.