More New Orleans

Again from the Times-Picayune feed. (Full credit to those people for standing in and doing their job. Admittedly, none of their usual readers can get the info, but they are providing valuable info both to the rescue workers and the outside world.)

Jeff officials plead for 'necessities of life'

11:40 a.m.

The normally unflappable Jefferson Parish Emergency Management Director Walter Maestri broke into tears as he broadcast a call to help for anyone who could offer food or water to officials at the parish's emergency operations center in Marrero.

Maestri said anyone who can help with the necessities of life for workers at the center can call (504) 349-5360.

Maestri said the water situation is so dire that like many people in the parish and the area, they are trapped in the center.