Does anyone realize what a HUGE disaster this actually is? [View All]

One of my son's friends is a student at Loyola in NO. He had planned on staying and riding out the hurricane but his mother threatened to come down there and hog tie him to bring him home herself so he finally reluctantly agreed to drive home last Sunday. He has spent every day since he has been here calling back to NO looking for his friends who chose to stay there.

Last night he told me he thinks 20 of his friends have died. 20!! And this is a 23 year old kid. I said they have probably been evacuated and haven't had a chance to get to a phone. But he said he had already heard from several of his friends who were evacuated and they all agree that anyone who got out has probably contacted friends and family by now. This kids was crying; he thinks the number of dead will be staggering.