Ashley Williams, 6, and Samuel Coleman, carry their personal items on their heads as they exit a train Friday morning Sept. 5, 2008, at the New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal in New Orleans. The first group of residents who participated in the city assisted evacuation returned Friday morning.
New Orleans residents carry their personal items after returning to the city by train, Friday morning Sept. 5, 2008, outside Union Passenger Terminal in New Orleans.
Traffic comes to stop on the Interstate 10 freeway over Lake Pontchartrain between New Orleans and Slidell, La., Wednesday Sept. 3, 2008, as residents of New Orleans return home after Hurricane Gustav swept through the city.
A Hurricane Gustav evacuee in a vehicle is met by a New Orleans police officer as he tries to reenter the city, in New Orleans, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008.
New Orleans police officers help guide the flow of traffic returning to the city, in New Orleans, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008.
New Orleans police officers help guide the flow of traffic returning to the city, in New Orleans, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008.
St. Bernard Parish SWAT team Lt. Ray Theriot checks a resident's identification at a check point in the St. Bernard Parish of New Orleans, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008. Residents were allowed back into the parish after Hurricane Gustav hit Louisiana on Monday.
A load of portable restrooms pass through a check point on Interstate 10 in New Orleans, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008. Some areas remain without water and electricity.
Louisiana Air National Guard Tech Sgt. Dale Koontz checks residents' licenses at a re-entry check point in the St. Bernard Parish of New Orleans, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008. Residents were allowed back into the parish after Hurricane Gustav hit Louisiana on Monday.
Water and debris litter the streets of the marina district of New Orleans, La., on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008, two days after Hurricane Gustav hit the area.
People check on their boats after Hurricane Gustav passed over the marina district of the West End area of New Orleans, La., on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008.
With his son's dog Taylor looking on, Jim McCune cleans up debris that came into his boathouse during Hurricane Gustav in the West End area of New Orleans, on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008. McCune said that he had about two feet of water in his building, but that it was built to sustain that and he had no real damage to the structure. He had electricity and water, and planned to host a gathering for friends who had neither.
Kelly Fatheree, right, and Trey McCune clean up the boathouse owned by Fatheree's father, Jim, in the West End area of New Orleans, La., Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008, two days after Hurricane Gustav hit the area.
President Bush holds out a LSU cap as he greets personnel during his visit to the Emergency Operations Center, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008, in Baton Rouge, La. Standing behind Mr. Bush is Baton Rouge Mayor Kip Holden, right rear.
President Bush speaks to members of the media after visiting the Emergency Operations Center, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008, in Baton Rouge, La.