The waters of Lake Pontchartrain surge over a road, Aug. 29, 2005, in Lacombe, La., as Hurricane Katrina moved ashore about 100 miles away.
A tree felled by high winds rests on the front of a Suburban as Hurricane Katrina passed over Lacombe, La., Aug. 29, 2005.
Blair Quintana, right, and Patrick Lampano seek shelter in a doorway in the French Quarter of New Orleans as Hurricane Katrina pounds the Crescent City, Aug. 29, 2005.
Waves crash against a boat washed onto Highway 90 as Hurricane Katrina hits the Gulf Coast, Aug. 29, 2005 in Gulfport, Miss.
High winds and rain pound the Louisiana Superdome and New Orleans as Hurricane Katrina makes landfall along the Louisiana coast, Aug. 29, 2005. Officials report that part of the roof of the Superdome was blown off because of the storm and the facility, which is housing some 10,000 evacuees, is leaking.
Hurricane Katrina pounds New Orleans, Aug. 29, 2005.
Canal Street in New Orleans is empty except for the debris of downed trees as Hurricane Katrina pounds the Crescent City, Aug. 29, 2005.
Flood waters surround a car in uptown New Orleans, Aug. 29, 2005, and high winds and rain batter the Louisiana coast as Hurricane Katrina makes landfall.
Some of the thousands of displaced residents take cover from Hurricane Katrina at the Superdome, a last-resort shelter, in New Orleans about midnight, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2005. Officials called for a mandatory evacuation of the city, but many residents remained in the city.
Some of the thousands of displaced residents take cover from Hurricane Katrina at the Superdome, a last-resort shelter, in New Orleans about midnight, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2005.
Darriyell Washington, 7, takes shelter from Hurricane Katrina along with several thousand other displaced residents at the Superdome, a last-resort shelter, in New Orleans Aug. 28, 2005.
Members of the National Guard hand out ready-to-eat meals to some of the thousands of displaced residents from Hurricane Katrina at the Superdome Aug. 28, 2005.
Jeff and Stephanie Taylor relax with their 2-year-old son Clay as they wait out Hurricane Katrina Sunday night Aug. 28, 2005 at a shelter set up at Robertsdale High School in Roberstdale, Ala. The threat of Hurricane Kitrina sent about 150 people from the surrounding Gulf Shores area to the shelter.
A gas pump at a service station in Baton Rouge, La., is shown taped up Sunday, Aug. 28, 2005.
Cody Copponex, left, and Marcy Savard, both residents of Meadow Bend subdivision in Baton Rouge, La., fill trash bags with sand Sunday, Aug. 28, 2005, as they prepared to sandbag their doors in preparation for Hurricane Katrina.