Bob Rue, owner of Oriental Rugs on St.Charles Ave in the Garden District of New Orleans, is hiding out in his shop, hoping authorities won't make him evacuate. The words on the front of his shop are meant to warn away looters.

National Guard troops took a man into custody for not leaving his home in the Garden District of New Orleans. The troops said the man became beligerent after he was asked to leave.

Charles Redfearn carries a painting by his grandfather as his brother Alex Fedfearn paddles a canoe away from their flooded home in Metairie, La. They had returned to their homes to collect valuables before once again leaving the area.

A traffic light hangs over floodwaters from Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Belinda Young drags her cousin's two-year-old son, Noah Williams, along with a box of clothing after collecting the donated items for family members who lost their homes during Hurricane Katrina in Gulfport, Miss.

A man tries to enter his home, which has been flooded since a levee broke last week in New Orleans.

Members of the German relief organization Technisches Hilfswerk (THW) prepare water tubes for the loading at the U.S. air base in Ramstein, western Germany. Ninety specialists of the organization will leave the base for the U.S. to support relief efforts in the regions affected by Hurricane Katrina.

A Spanish Air Force plane at Madrilean military base of Torrejon de Ardoz, Madridis, is loaded with supplies for the victims of Hurricane Katrina.

Members of El Salvador's Armed Forces Engineering Command stand in formation at Ilopango's air base, located 12 kms east of San Salvador. A group of 100-150 Salvadoran soldiers are getting ready for a humanitarian mission to help in the recovery of the Hurricane Katrina-devastated areas.

Firemen from the Los Angeles Fire Dept. search through the rubble of buildings that were damaged by Hurricane Katrina along the coastline in East Biloxi, Miss.

Charles Staehle and his daughter, Leslie Lee, raise an American flag at Staehle's destroyed home Tuesday in Bay St. Louis, Miss.

Makeshift crosses stand in the yard of a damaged church in Bay St. Louis, Miss.

National Guardsmen continue rescuing people trapped in their flooded homes in New Orleans.

Tony Brown of GreyStone Power Corp. works to restore power lines along a road in Waveland, Miss.

A water pumping station is shown in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in this aerial view of St. Bernard Parish.

Royce Davis, of Dalton, Ga., sits in his makeshift home on the beach in East Biloxi, Miss. Davis, who worked at a nearby casino, is now homeless and unemployed.

A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter flies over flooded homes in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina Wednesday.

Dawn Stolz surveys the damage to her house and neighborhood in Waveland, Miss. Stolz said she would rebuild her house, which was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina.

Homes surrounded by floodwaters from Hurricane Katrina near I-10 in New Orleans are shown in this aerial view.

Northrop Grumman shipyard workers remove debris from Hurricane Katrina in Gulfport, Miss. Company executives vowed to resume building Navy ships at its damaged Gulf Coast yards as early as next week.

Peter Block waits with his dogs, Venus, Serena and Jasmine, for a privately hired bus to evacuate people with pets from New Orleans' French Quarter Wednesday. Many waiting said they would have left the city earlier if had they been allowed to take their animals.