At this point, said Dana Finney, a spokeswoman for the Army Corps of Engineers officials, just 20 percent of the city remains underwater. And search-and-rescue units have halted boat operations in all but a few areas, said John Huff, who leads the 600 or so FEMA search personnel in the region.
"We're pretty much beginning to do what we can by foot," he said.
Gentilly, however, remains mostly submerged. Floating through on a boat, the neighborhood is quiet except for the distant whup-whup of helicopters and the hissing and gurgling of broken gas lines underwater.
A few residents have tried to come back in to check on their homes, only to have to be rescued when they found the waters impossible to navigate on their own.
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