Yep. Human nature at its worst. We haven't even had a chance to see all the home videos that will inevitably emerge, because people can't get out of there yet.
Then, wait until there are 10's of thousands of refugees in places like the Houston Astrodome... it won't be long before there are massive outcries and concerns, where do we find housing, etc. What will we do? After we drain New Orleans, do we go back in and rebuild the housing projects so they can move back there? Big social issues for a long time...