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The downtown streets of New Orleans are deserted as Hurricane Gustav approaches on Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Gerald Weaver)
A weakened Hurricane Gustav slammed into the heart of Louisiana’s fishing and oil industry with 110 mph winds Monday.
The downtown streets of New Orleans are deserted as Hurricane Gustav approaches on Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Gerald Weaver)
Philip Turner, 65, rides his bike past a boarded up business along Bourbon Street in the French Quarter as Hurricane Gustav approaches the Louisiana area, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Rob Carr)
Storm surge from Hurricane Gustav pushes waves over US 90 in Gulfport, Miss., on Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Sun Herald, Gary Raskett)
A man who would only give his name as Chris drinks a beer outside a bar on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter as Hurricane Gustav approaches the Louisiana area, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Rob Carr)
Storm surge from the outer bands of Hurricane Gustav hits Gulfport, Miss., Monday Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
Police patrol U.S. Highway 90 as storm surge moves towards the highway from the outer bands of Hurricane Gustav in Gulfport, Miss., Monday Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
Michael Scarls of Austin, Texas, walks along Bourbon Street in the French Quarter as Hurricane Gustav approached the Louisiana area, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Rob Carr)
An abandoned vehicle sits in a parking lot near U.S. 90 in Gulfport, Miss., on Monday, Sept. 1, 2008, as the outer bands of Gustav approaches. (AP Photo/Sun Herald, Gary Raskett)
Debbie Cologne of Chauvin, La., takes a photo of the pounding surf in Orange Beach, Ala., on Monday, Sept. 1, 2008, as Hurricane Gustav heads toward a landfall near her home. Cologne evacuated to an Alabama beach hotel with relatives. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)
A television reporter looks at storm surge on U.S. Highway 90 as the outer bands of Hurricane Gustav hits Gulfport, Miss., Monday Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
Jeff Carr takes photos of white caps and storm surge generated from Hurricane Gustav in Mobile, Ala., Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
Sammy Geno, captain of a 100-foot supply boat tied up in the Theodore Industrial Canal, drives through a flooded Dauphin Island Parkway after checking on his boat in Mobile, Ala., Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
Peter Martes, left, and Scott Chiavetts stand in the doorway of a closed bar on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter in New Orleans as the first rain from Hurricane Gustav falls, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Ron Heflin)
High water from the storm surge of Hurricane Gustav floods the parking area and marina of the Bay-Waveland Yacht Club in Bay St. Louis, Miss. on Monday, Sept. 1. (AP Photo/Sun Herald, William Colgin)
Storm surge from Hurricane Gustav washes over Beach Boulevard in Bay St. Louis, Miss. on Monday, Sept. 1. (AP Photo/Sun Herald, William Colgin)
With the Super Dome in the background, a down tree and branches litter a street in downtown in New Orleans, as Hurricane Gustav rolls in on Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)
Pedestrians walk through the French Quarter in the wind and rain as Hurricane Gustav makes landfall in New Orleans on Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
High winds churn the storm surge around the Bay St. Louis bridge as Hurricane Gustav makes landfall on the Mississippi coast on Monday, Sept. 1, 2008, in Bay St. Louis, Miss. (AP Photo/Sun Herald, William Colgin)
A young couple walks along the beach in Pensacola, Fla. early Monday, Sept. 1, 2008, as Hurricane Gustav moves towards the Gulf Coast. (AP Photo/J. Pat Carter)
Ann Kirk watches the heavy surf on Pensacola Beach, Fla. where she lives, early Monday, Sept. 1, 2008, as Hurricane Gustav approaches the Gulf Coast. (AP Photo/J. Pat Carter)
Larry Ball checks wind gusts on Pensacola Beach, Fla., early Monday, Sept. 1, 2008, as Hurricane Gustav approaches the Gulf Coast. (AP Photo/J. Pat Carter)
A palm tree that was knocked down by the winds of Hurricane Gustav rests on the roof of a house that was being repaired from Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)
Winds from Hurricane Gustav hits a home that is being built in the Lakeview neighborhood in New Orleans, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)
Winds from Hurricane Gustav hits a home that is being built in the Lakeview neighborhood in New Orleans, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)
Dark skies and heavy seas pound Pensacola Beach, Fla., early Monday, Sept. 1, 2008, as Hurricane Gustav approaches the Gulf Coast. (AP Photo/J. Pat Carter)
Winds from Hurricane Gustav push waters of Lake Pontchartrain into a recreation area in New Orleans, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)
Winds from Hurricane Gustav push the waters of Lake Pontchartrain onto the sea wall in New Orleans, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)
A person looks at the waves caused by Hurricane Gustav in Lake Pontchartrain in New Orleans, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)
Winds from Hurricane Gustav push the waters of Lake Pontchartrain onto the sea wall in New Orleans, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)
A car is washed away by the storm surge on U.S. Highway 90 as the outer bands of hurricane Gustav hit Gulfport, Miss., Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
Storm surge from Hurricane Gustav floods a pier as the outer bands of hurricane Gustav hit Gulfport, Miss., Monday Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
Storm surge from Hurricane Gustav floods a U.S. Highway 90 forcing it to be shut down between Gulfport and Biloxi Monday Sept. 1, 2008, in Gulfport, Miss. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
A young couple walks along the beach in Pensacola, Fla., early Monday, Sept. 1, 2008, as Hurricane Gustav moves towards the Gulf Coast. (AP Photo/J. Pat Carter)
As the storm rages outside, National Guardsmen take a rest in a Hurricane Gustav control center set up in Belle Chase High School in Belle Chasse, La., on Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)
Wind-blown water splashes over the Industrial Canal flood walls as Hurricane Gustav approached the Louisiana area, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008, in New Orleans. The walls protect the French Quarter and other central neighborhoods. (AP Photo/Rob Carr)
Wendell Haynes braves he wind and rain while walking to inspect the Industrial Canal in the Ninth Ward of New Orleans as Hurricane Gustav approached the Louisiana area, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Rob Carr)
A love seat lies in the middle of the road in the Ninth Ward of New Orleans as Hurricane Gustav approached the Louisiana area, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Rob Carr)
Wind blown water splashes over the Industrial Canal flood walls as Hurricane Gustav approached the Louisiana area, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008, in New Orleans. The walls protect the French Quarter and other central neighborhoods. (AP Photo/Rob Carr)
Wind blown water splashes over the Industrial Canal flood walls as Hurricane Gustav approached the Louisiana area, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008, in New Orleans. The walls protect the French Quarter and other central neighborhoods. (AP Photo/Rob Carr)
Water breaks over the I-wall along the industrial canal as Hurricane Gustav arrives in New Orleans on Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Water breaks over the I-wall along the industrial canal as Hurricane Gustav arrives in New Orleans, La., Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Water breaks over the I-wall along the industrial canal as Hurricane Gustav arrives in New Orleans, La., Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Water breaks over the I-wall along the industrial canal as Hurricane Gustav arrives in New Orleans, La., Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Water breaks over the I-wall along the industrial canal as Hurricane Gustav arrives in New Orleans, La., Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Tony Barras watches as Hurricane Gustav makes landfall Monday, Sept. 1, 2008, in New Iberia, La. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Wind blown water splashes over the Industrial Canal flood walls as Hurricane Gustav approached the Louisiana area, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008, in New Orleans. The walls protect the French Quarter and other central neighborhoods. (AP Photo/Rob Carr)
A Gulfport, Miss., marina bait shop is flooded as the as the gulf waters pushed by Hurricane Gustav work their way past the beach onto U.S. Highway 90, Monday morning, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
A portable toilet floats over the beach along side U.S. Highway 90 as the outer bands of Hurricane Gustav strikes Gulfport, Miss., Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Wind-blown water splashes over the Industrial Canal flood walls as Hurricane Gustav approached the Louisiana area, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008, in New Orleans. The walls protect the French Quarter and other central neighborhoods. (AP Photo/Rob Carr)
Water breaks over the I-wall along the industrial canal as Hurricane Gustav arrives in New Orleans, La., Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
A car is washed away by the storm surge on U.S. Highway 90 as the outer bands of hurricane Gustav hits Gulfport, Miss., Monday Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
Water is pushed over the flood wall into the upper 9th Ward from the effect of Hurricane Gustav in New Orleans, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)
A car sits partially submerged in the storm surge generated by Hurricane Gustav at the Ken Combs Pier in Gulfport, Miss. on Monday, Sept 1, 2008. (AP Photo/James Edward Bates, Sun Herald)
Water is pushed over the flood wall into the upper 9th Ward from the effect of Hurricane Gustav. in New Orleans, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)
Waves generated by the storm surge from Hurricane Gustav crash over the newly rebuilt Ken Combs Pier in Gulfport, Miss. on Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Sun Herald, James Edward Bates)
Water is pushed over the flood wall into the upper 9th Ward from the effect of Hurricane Gustav, in New Orleans, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)
Water is pushed nears the top of the flood wall in 9th Ward from the effect of Hurricane Gustav in New Orleans, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. The flood wall is the one that was repaired from Hurricane Katrina. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)
Water is pushed over the flood wall into the upper 9th Ward from the effect of Hurricane Gustav, in New Orleans, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)
An office trailer is tossed about by the storm surge as the outer bands of Hurricane Gustav strike Gulfport, Miss., Monday morning, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Water is pushed over the flood wall into the upper 9th Ward from the effect of Hurricane Gustav, in New Orleans, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)
Water is pushed over the flood wall into the upper 9th Ward from the effect of Hurricane Gustav in New Orleans, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)
A Gulfport, Miss., police cruiser patrols U.S. Highway 90 as Hurricane Gustav's storm surge floods the beach Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
A heron takes shelter in the trees lining one of the flooded creeks from the winds as the outer bands of Hurricane Gustav strike Gulfport, Miss., Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Water is pushed over the flood wall into the upper 9th Ward from the effect of Hurricane Gustav, in New Orleans, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., shakes hands after cutting short his rally Hart Plaza in Detroit, Mich. Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. He shortened his speech as the Gulf Coast endures Hurricane Gustav.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
A tree was blown down on top of a house on William Harrison Drive in Biloxi, Miss., on Monday, Sept. 1, 2008, as Hurricane Gustav made landfall. (AP Photo/John Fitzhugh, Sun Herald)
Gary Lechner, of Biloxi, Miss., watches the storm surge rise from the end of St. John Avenue in Biloxi as Hurricane Gustav comes ashore on Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/John Fitzhugh, Sun Herald)
President Bush, right, with FEMA Administrator David Paulison, left, and Texas Gov. Rick Perry, center, receiving an update on Hurricane Gustav during a briefing at Texas Emergency Operations Center, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
In this photo released by Mississippi State University, Mississippi State University veterinarians Phillip Bushby, left, Stanley Robertson,second left, and Carla Huston load the university's mobile veterinary clinic with supplies in Starkville, Miss. to assist pet-friendly shelters and state veterinarians on Sunday, Aug. 31, 2008, the eve of Hurricane Gustav's landing. The mobile clinic will arrive in Jackson, Miss., on Monday. Gustav is the first time the mobile clinic has been needed for emergency response since MSU got the clinic in early 2007 with a grant from the American Kennel Club Companion Animal Recovery. (AP Photo/ Mississippi State University, Tom Thompson)
National Hurricane Center Director Bill Read pauses between live television updates Monday, Sept. 1, 2008, in Miami. Video monitors behind Read display an infrared satellite image of the Atlantic Hurricane Basin and showing showing, from left to right, Hurricane Gustav, Tropical Storm Hanna and newly named Tropical Depression Nine. (AP Photo/Andy Newman)
A lone Gulfport, Miss., police car drives through downtown Gulfport, as the outer bands of Hurricane Gustav strikes the Mississippi coastal city Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., helps pack Hurricane Gustav relief packages at the ISOH/Impact charitable organization's facility in Toledo, Ohio, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
The storm surge from hurricane Gustav floods US Highway 90 and a London cab parked at the entrance of Hard Rock Casino and Hotel in Biloxi, Miss., Monday Sept.. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
Mississippi Department of Transportation personnel survey the damage on U.S. Highway 90 after a storm surge from hurricane Gustav flooded the highway forcing to be shut down in Biloxi, Miss., Monday Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
The storm surge from hurricane Gustav floods US Highway 90 and the Hard Rock Casino and Hotel in Biloxi, Miss., Monday Sept.. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
A sightseer attempts to make his way along a pier as storm surge generated from Hurricane Gustav crashes around him in Pascagoula, Miss. on Monday, Sept. 1 2008. (AP Photo/Amanda McCoy,Sun Herald)
Palm trees on a beach in Biloxi, Miss., brave hurricane Gustav as a the storm surge floods US Highway 90 Monday Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
Gulf water laps over the seawall along U.S. Highway 90 as the outer bands of Hurricane Gustav strike Gulfport, Miss., Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. Coastal areas throughout the coast report some flooding in low lying areas from the surge. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
President Bush, right, sitting next to Texas Governor Rick Perry, is briefed at the Emergency Operations Center in Austin, Texas, on Monday, Sept. 1, 2008, as Hurricane Gustav makes landfall in Louisiana.(AP Photo/Kelly West, Pool)
A member of the National Guard watches as water breaks over the I-wall along the industrial canal as Hurricane Gustav arrives in New Orleans, La., Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
The Sonnier family grills on their porch as Hurricane Gustav makes landfall Monday, Sept. 1, 2008, in New Iberia, La. They are, from left to right, Rodney Sonnier Sr., Jacoby Sonnier, Justin Sonnier, Rodney Sonnier Jr. and Dakota Sonnier. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Waves crash against a stop sign on Beach Boulevard in Bay St. Louis, Miss. on Monday, Sept. 1, 2008, as Hurricane Gustav hits the Gulf Coast. (AP Photo/William Colgin, Sun Herald)
