Rita preliminiary damage reports

Rita Slows Over Louisiana After Sparing U.S. Gulf Coast Worst - as of right now it seems that Rita caused structural damage and caused loss of power and connectivity (yet again). However, the only victims so far seem to have been the elderly folks on the bus that burned before Rita arrived. New Orleans is back to square one in terms of clean up which may reduce the likelyhood of it really regaining its population back... the longer they can't come home the more likely they are to try starting lives elsewhere and be too tired of moving to move back again to an area as striken as NO is right now. sad...