Homes surrounded by floodwaters from Hurricane Katrina near I-10 are shown in this aerial view in New Orleans, Louisiana. New Orleans floodwaters contain unsafe levels of E. coli and coliform bacteria, as well as lead, and contact with the water should be avoided, US Environmental Protection Agency chief Stephen Johnson urged.(AFP/Pool/David J. Phillip)
Two dogs sit atop an SUV in the Gentilly neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana September 6, eight days after Hurricane Katrina struck the region. Several private boats manned with New Orleans police, military police and medical personnel scoured the flooded streets in search of stranded residents. The White House is preparing a new emergency budget request for funding recovery efforts from Hurricane Katrina likely to be $40 billion to $50 billion, Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid of Nevada said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Lee Celano
Stranded victims of Hurricane Katrina are taken ashore by Air Force National Guard soldiers in New Orleans, Louisiana on September 5. Hurricane Katrina is confronting US leaders with tough questions over who should be in charge the next time the US faces a major catastrophe.(AFP/Getty Images/Mario Tama)
A hand-painted sign outside a New Orleans business warns away looters in the wake of Hurricane Katrina Thursday, Sept. 1, 2005. Ethicists and social psychologists said in interviews that rules of human behavior _ including respect for others' property and for social order itself _ dissolve quickly in desperate circumstances like the storm's aftermath. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)
A sign is scrawled beneath a statue of Jesus Christ as a warning to looters in New Orleans. The destruction wrought by Hurricane Katrina was the product not just of Nature's fury, but the result of a long catalogue of mismanagement, neglect and ineptitude -- much of it foreseeable and preventable, critics said.(AFP/Hector Mata)
A gas station in Stockbridge, Ga., posts prices for gasoline from $5.87 to $6.07 per gallon Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2005. (AP Photo/Gene Blythe)
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