dead in a wheelchair

Some people from a local TV station are liveblogging Katrina’s aftermath. It just gets worse:

Outside the New Orleans Convention Center, survivors are growing more frustrated with the lack of help after Hurricane Katrina.

One man says, "No one has thought enough of us to even bring us a cup of water."

Daniel Edwards says many people have gone days without food or water. He says tens of thousands of people are standing on the streets with no sign of emergency workers.

Several bodies lie scattered around. Edwards pointed to an elderly lady dead in a wheelchair and said, "I don't treat my dog like that." He says he buried his dog.

There’s been a big flap about looting. But much of it seems to stem from lack of any aid whatsoever:

Desperation continues mixing with random lawlessness inside some New Orleans stores.

The looting goes on, even after the city pulled some police officers off relief duty and ordered them to go after people who are ransacking shelves.

One woman was sobbing uncontrollably as she loaded children's clothing and snack food into bags to take to her kids in a shelter.

Another man approached a reporter with an armful of toothpaste and deodorant and said he was only taking personal hygiene products -- and not anything he could "get drunk or high with."

A woman on a bike played it safe -- riding up to a drug store and asking others if any arrests were being made. When she was told no, she said she's diabetic and needed to find test strips.