Returning to New Orleans???

Several people I know are thinking they are going to return to New Orleans
on Monday.  I have a really good imagination and a great hope that they are
right.  But, somehow, I just don't see it. 

New Orleans is a battle zone, a place where people are engaged in a
primitive struggle to survive.  I don't think the struggle will end in a
few days.  I thought that when I was in the city (in one of the least
damaged areas), but looking at the TV accounts it's obvious that this
disaster is of Epic proportions.