Told you so

USA Today has the first photos of overtopping along the Industrial Canal in New Orleans. This is not a good sign:

Mayor Ray Nagin says that levees along the Industrial Canal are being overtopped by the Hurricane Gustav storm surge. Water level at the canal was being measured at more than 11 feet high, according to Army Corps of Engineers data. The flood walls there are 11 feet high.
The Times-Picayune says a railroad bridge was left in the down position, helping boost water levels inside the canal. "What we're seeing is small, overtopping white caps," Colonel Al Lee, the Corps' local commander, told the paper.
"We are seeing some overtopping waves," Colonel Jeff Bedey, commander of the Army Corps of Engineers' hurricane protection office, tells the Associated Press. "We are cautiously optimistic and confident that we won't see catastrophic wall failure."

Fortunately, Rico's friend the Peripatetic Engineer has peripatetic'd the hell out of Nawlins with his family.