Editor & Publisher pulled from the Times-Picayune blog. There are reports of absolute anarchy - doctors trapped by armed thugs, looters using backhoes to ram into houses, desperate pleas for help. Here's just one of the posts
My coworker's brother is one of seven doctors who have been left behind at Charity Hospital. His name is Vinroot, I'm sorry, I don't know the first name. He is in a panic--the doctors have barricaded themselves on the seventh floor because armed gunmen are outside threatening them and demanding access to the roof so they can be rescued first. He is desperate. Someone needs to help these people NOW!
Go and read it. It will convince you that things are far worse than the media is letting on. The situation is an absolute disaster. I feel so helpless I could cry. Call anyone and everyone you can to demand action now. The most serious need is water. GET THEM WATER!
I'm so angry I don't even think I can cry.