Cars sit along a side street damaged by

Cars sit along a side street damaged by falling debris in the French quarter of New Orleans, 29 August 2005, as Hurricane Katrina makes landfall. Hurricane Katrina made landfall early Monday as a category four storm on the five-level Saffir-Simpson hurricane intensity scale and caused widespread damage and flooding in New Orleans and other cities on the southern Gulf Coast of the United States. AFP PHOTO/ James NIELSEN (Photo credit should read JAMES NIELSEN/AFP via Getty Images)