I'm happy to see you back, Decipha.
The events you're describing are just horrific. A testament to human nature. Only in trying times do you see just what people are really made of. The ****, looting, killing - who would see this tragedy as an opportunity to do anything besides get the hell out of New Orleans? No offense, knowing you wanted to stay, but right now there isn't anything for you there.
What's worse, after what you've said, all I can do is wonder how many of the 30,000 dead would have done the same? How many women and children were lucky to have drowned; saved from a far worse fate at the hands of their neighbors and peers? How many deserved what happened to them?
What is this country become? At least God knows his own.