Homes are flooded as Hurricane Isaac hits Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012, in Braithwaite, La. As Isaac made landfall, it was expected to dump as much as 20 inches of rain in several parts of Louisiana. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
The waters of the Mississippi Sound surround a traffic sign along Coden Belt Road, Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012 in Coden, Ala. as Isaac makes landfall along the Gulf Coast. Isaac, downgraded to a tropical storm, has top sustained winds of 70 mph (112 kph), just below the hurricane threshold of 74 mph (119 kph). The storm is about 50 miles (80 kilometers) west-southwest of New Orleans, where it is bringing drenching rains and fierce winds. (AP Photo/Mobile Register, G.M. Andrews) MAGS OUT
Matt Lischke walks through the knee-high flood waters of Bayou Coden after checking on two of his boats and the boat of a friend Wednesday, August 29, 2012 in Coden, Ala. as Isaac makes landfall along the Gulf Coast. Isaac, downgraded to a tropical storm, has top sustained winds of 70 mph (112 kph), just below the hurricane threshold of 74 mph (119 kph). The storm is about 50 miles (80 kilometers) west-southwest of New Orleans, where it is bringing drenching rains and fierce winds. (AP Photo/Mobile Register, G.M. Andrews) MAGS OUT
A vehicle drives through a flooded section of Shell Belt Road Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012 in Bayou La Batre, Ala. as Isaac makes landfall along the Gulf Coast. Isaac, downgraded to a tropical storm, has top sustained winds of 70 mph (112 kph), just below the hurricane threshold of 74 mph (119 kph). The storm is about 50 miles (80 kilometers) west-southwest of New Orleans, where it is bringing drenching rains and fierce winds. (AP Photo/Mobile Register, G.M. Andrews) MAGS OUT
Matt Lischke walks through the knee-high flood waters of Bayou Coden after checking on two of his boats and the boat of a friend Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012 in Coden, Ala. as Isaac makes landfall along the Gulf Coast. Isaac, downgraded to a tropical storm, has top sustained winds of 70 mph (112 kph), just below the hurricane threshold of 74 mph (119 kph). The storm is about 50 miles (80 kilometers) west-southwest of New Orleans, where it is bringing drenching rains and fierce winds. (AP Photo/Mobile Register, G.M. Andrews) MAGS OUT
A man walks across Lands End Drive in Destin, Fla., on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012, where sand and water from the Gulf of Mexico surged as Hurricane Isaac moved across the gulf. The storm made landfall in Louisiana Tuesday evening. (AP Photo/Northwest Florida Daily News, Nick Tomecek)
Guardsmen distribute life vests near Braithwaite, La., as they prepare to help flood victims from Plaquemines Parish, a rural area outside New Orleans that was flooded during Hurricane Isaac on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig)
A pickup truck drives through standing water near Belle Chasse, La., in Plaquemines Parish, a rural area outside New Orleans that was flooded during Hurricane Isaac on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig)
Norward Tinson, left, rests at a shelter at Belle Chasse, La., High School for residents of Plaquemines Parish, a rural area outside New Orleans, that was hit hard by Hurricane Isaac on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig)
Robert Fondren, an electrician with Rodriguez Boat Builders, uses his cell phone to take pictures as the waters of Bayou Coden creep on to the facility of his employer Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012 in Coden, Ala. as Isaac makes landfall along the Gulf Coast. Isaac, downgraded to a tropical storm, has top sustained winds of 70 mph (112 kph), just below the hurricane threshold of 74 mph (119 kph). The storm is about 50 miles (80 kilometers) west-southwest of New Orleans, where it is bringing drenching rains and fierce winds. (AP Photo/Mobile Register, G.M. Andrews) MAGS OUT
D'Antjuan Miller, 16, , left, and Juan Hinojosa, 14, walk through their flooded neighborhood on Dog River Road West in Mobile, Ala., as Hurricane Isaac continues to hit Louisiana Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Press-Register, Bill Starling) MAGS OUT
Waves crash over a sea wall and flood several roads in Bayou La Batre, Ala. on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012. Hurricane Isaac has dumped more than five inches of rain on the Alabama coast and knocked out power to some residents, but it hasn't interrupted the everyday life of others. Residents of Dauphin Island lost power, but they also escaped the worst of Isaac. The weather service reports wind gusts of 47 mph. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)
Gina Johnson wades through her front yard in Gulf Shores, Ala., on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012, after the coastal town took a glancing blow from Hurricane Isaac as it made landfall in Louisiana. While the storm brought heavy rain and wind to the Alabama coast, little significant damage was reported. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)
Drug Enforcement Agency Special Agent Keith Billiot, left, Lanny LaFrance, center, and Sam Maltese, right, battle the wind and rain from Hurricane Isaac while riding in a rescue boat Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012, in Braithwaite, La. Maltese and his family were rescued from their flooded home. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
A church is flooded as Hurricane Isaac hits Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012, in Braithwaite, La. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
A streetlight dangles over Louisiana Highway 56 as utility polls knocked askew by Hurricane Isaac lean over the roadway Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012 as the eye of the storm moved through the area. (AP Photo/Kevin McGill)
Lanny LaFrance, left, drives his boat while rescuing flood people from their flooded home as Hurricane Isaac hit Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012, in Braithwaite, La. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Waves roll over a flooded U.S. 90 near Acacia Avenue in Biloxi, Miss. on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2012. Isaac was packing 80 mph winds, making it a Category 1 hurricane. It came ashore early Tuesday near the mouth of the Mississippi River, driving a wall of water nearly 11 feet high inland and soaking a neck of land that stretches into the Gulf. (AP Photo/Sun Herald, Amanda McCoy)
Members of the Swift Water Rescue Team rescue stranded employees of WQRZ radio station in the Shoreline Park area of Bay St. Louis, Miss., during Hurricane Isaac on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012. Isaac was packing 80 mph winds, making it a Category 1 hurricane. It came ashore early Tuesday near the mouth of the Mississippi River, driving a wall of water nearly 11 feet high inland and soaking a neck of land that stretches into the Gulf. (AP Photo/Sun Herald, John Fitzhugh)
Waves lap over East Beach Drive at the intersection of Ashley Place in Ocean Springs, Miss. on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012. Isaac was packing 80 mph winds, making it a Category 1 hurricane. It came ashore early Tuesday near the mouth of the Mississippi River, driving a wall of water nearly 11 feet high inland and soaking a neck of land that stretches into the Gulf. (AP Photo/The Sun Herald, Amanda McCoy)
Wind churns water that has flooded U.S. 90 in downtown Biloxi, Miss. as Hurricane Isaac continues to affect the Coast on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012. Isaac was packing 80 mph winds, making it a Category 1 hurricane. It came ashore early Tuesday near the mouth of the Mississippi River, driving a wall of water nearly 11 feet high inland and soaking a neck of land that stretches into the Gulf. (AP Photo/The Sun Herald, Amanda McCoy)
Members of the Swift Water Rescue Team launch a boat to rescue employees of WQRZ radio station in Shoreline Park area of Bay St. Louis, Miss., during Hurricane Isaac on Wednesday Aug. 29, 2012. Isaac was packing 80 mph winds, making it a Category 1 hurricane. It came ashore early Tuesday near the mouth of the Mississippi River, driving a wall of water nearly 11 feet high inland and soaking a neck of land that stretches into the Gulf. (AP Photo/Sun Herald, John Fitzhugh)
A resident of Jetty East Condominiums in Destin, Fla., watches as a wave from the Gulf of Mexico hits the parking garage of the condominium on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012 from the effects of Hurricane Isaac. The storm made landfall in Louisiana Tuesday evening. (AP Photo/Northwest Florida Daily News, Nick Tomecek)
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