A hotel is reflected in puddles of rain from approaching Tropical Storm Lee at a streetcar track, as a streetcar passes through Lee Circle, in New Orleans, Friday, Sept. 2, 2011. Lee formed in the waters off Louisiana on Friday, threatening a drenching along much of the Gulf coast over the Labor Day weekend with up to 20 inches (50 centimeters) of rain in some spots. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Personnel from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers check sandbags along the shore of the rising Mississippi River in Natchez, Miss., on Wednesday, May 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
New Orleans Hornets point guard Chris Paul (3) drives to the basket between Utah Jazz small forward Gordon Hayward, left, and point guard Devin Harris in the second half of an NBA basketball game in New Orleans, Monday, April 11, 2011. the Jazz won 90-78. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
New Orleans Hornets head coach Monty Williams complains to the referees as New Orleans Hornets point guard Chris Paul (3) and power forward Carl Landry (24) walk off court during a timeout in the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Houston Rockets in New Orleans, Wednesday, April 6, 2011. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
BYU's Jimmer Fredette dribbles during a practice session for their NCAA Southeast regional college basketball semifinal game Wednesday, March 23, 2011, in New Orleans. BYU plays Florida on Thursday, March 24. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
An 18-year-old man was killed and four other teenagers were wounded after a gunman opened fire on youths attending a party on Saturday night, March 12, 2011, at the B&L Lounge in the Upper 9th Ward of New Orleans. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
A resident of the Mid-City section of New Orleans watches from his porch during street flooding from heavy thunderstorms that rumbled through the area on Wednesday, March 9, 2011, dumping as much as 4 inches in one hour. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Rex, the King of Carnival rides in the Krewe of Rex as he arrives at Canal St. along St. Charles Avenue on Mardi Gras day in New Orleans, Tuesday, March 8, 2011. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Crowds congregate on Bourbon Street for festivities outside the Royal Sonesta Hotel in the French Quarter on Mardi Gras day in New Orleans, Tuesday, March 8, 2011. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
