Water released from Isaac-stressed dam

  • By CAIN BURDEAU and
    MICHAEL KUNZELMAN
    Associated Press
  • Friday, August 31th, 2012
    In this Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012 photo, members of the Army National Guard patrol Bourbon Street in the French Quarter as Hurricane Isaac makes landfall in New Orleans, La. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

    In this Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012 photo, members of the Army National Guard patrol Bourbon Street in the French Quarter as Hurricane Isaac makes landfall in New Orleans, La. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

    In a scene repeated in many parts of Louisiana, this man was making his way through floodwater Thursday in Lafitte, a day after Isaac hit the area near New Orleans.

    In a scene repeated in many parts of Louisiana, this man was making his way through floodwater Thursday in Lafitte, a day after Isaac hit the area near New Orleans.