A house at the corner of N. Miro and Columbus Streets in New Orleans collapsed during the height of the Hurricane Isaac.

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Elaine Maltese is lifted out of a boat by by Drug Enforcement Agency Special Agent Keith Billiot, left, after being rescued from her flooded home as Hurricane Isaac hits Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012, in Braithwaite, La.

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Residents of the Riverbend Nursing Center wait to be evacuated to higher and safer ground as Hurricane Isaac makes landfall, Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012, in Jesuit Bend, La.

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Homes are flooded as Hurricane Isaac hits Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012, in Braithwaite, La.

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People and a dog who were rescued from their flooded homes are loaded into a Louisiana National Guard truck in Braithwaite, La.

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Research students from the the University of Alabama measure wind speeds as Hurricane Isaac makes landfall, Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012, in New Orleans, La.

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Carlo Maltese and his dog Pin ride in a boat after being rescued from his flooded home as Hurricane Isaac hits Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012, in Braithwaite, La.

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Chuck Cropp, center, his son Piers, left, and wife Liz, right, wade through floodwaters from Hurricane Isaac Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012, in New Orleans.

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Residents who were rescued from their flooded homes are transported to waiting assistance, after Hurricane Isaac made landfall and flooded homes with 10 feet of water in Braithwaite, La., Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012.

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Isaac's winds and storm surge overcomes the seawall and floods South Beach Boulevard in Waveland, Miss., Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012, the seventh anniversary of Hurricane Katrina hitting the Gulf Coast.

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Isaac's winds and storm surge flood parts of Waveland, Miss., Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012.

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Law enforcement officers and first responders help a family to reach dry land after they were rescued from floodwaters caused by Isaac in Pearlington, Miss., Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012, during a nonstop rain.

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Toccara Williams, of Davant, La., holds her 5-month-old daughter Ra-Maaz Williams, at an evacuation shelter after Isaac made landfall as a Hurricane, in Belle Chasse, La., Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012.

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Waves from Hurricane Isaac batter the a pier, Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012, in Gulfport, Miss.

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A vehicle drives through a flooded section of Shell Belt Road Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012 in Bayou La Batre, Ala. as Isaac makes landfall along the Gulf Coast.

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A resident of Jetty East Condominiums in Destin, Fla., watches as a wave from the Gulf of Mexico hits the parking garage of the condominium on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012 from the effects of Hurricane Isaac.

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Members of the Swift Water Rescue Team launch a boat to rescue employees of WQRZ radio station in Shoreline Park area of Bay St. Louis, Miss., during Hurricane Isaac on Wednesday Aug. 29, 2012.

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A church is flooded as Hurricane Isaac hits Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012, in Braithwaite, La.

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A man struggles with his rain cover as he walks up Bourbon Street in the French Quarter as Hurricane Isaac makes landfall, Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012, in New Orleans, La.

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