A soldier patrols the street next to a house fire in the Garden District in New Orleans Tuesday.


And I don't have to read the news
Or hear it on the radio
I see it in the faces of everyone I know
The sun comes up
The sun goes down
But what's gonna happen to our little town

-- Our Little Town by Greg Brown


Earline Scott of Baton Rouge reacts to a fire in the Garden District in New Orleans Tuesday.

[AP Photos/Rick Bowmer]

UPDATE: Our town? It (as in the U.S.) is occupied -- The Battle of New Orleans
By DAVID VEST