UPDATE:: One of the buses carrying survivors out has rolled over. No word on casualties that I can find; I saw the footage on CNN.
UPDATE: They have fire boats in trying aggressively fighting the industrial fire. There are other fires burning in the city and the wooden homes are very close together and we may yet lose some of those that were spared in the flooding.
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CNN is showing footage of amphibious military vehicles which are taking supplies to the Convention Center. At last! They’re under command of a three-star general, and have orders not to shoot or raise their weapons unless attacked. It would be nice to get through this without the military killing any innocents, though I wouldn’t weep for any thugs or criminals who might get shot.
UPDATE: From this CNN transcript of Mayor Nagin, apparently the general in charge is really starting to get things done. This is what we need to see.

Now, I will tell you this — and I give the president some credit on this — he sent one John Wayne dude down here that can get some stuff done, and his name is [Lt.] Gen. [Russel] Honore.

And he came off the doggone chopper, and he started cussing and people started moving. And he’s getting some stuff done.