Katrina damage report: Louisiana / Mississippi / Alabama landmarks

The Dallas Morning News published a story detailing the damage to landmarks in New Orleans and elsewhere in the region savaged by Hurricane Katrina. Apparently, most of the famous New Orleans restaurants, including Antoine's, Commander's Palace, Pat O'Brien's and Emeril's survived, some with considerable damage. The animals in the Audobon Zoo were not harmed. But the casinos of Biloxi were trashed. The damage to the tourist economy will be significant. But through it all, some bars in the French Quarter never closed. Go figure.

And Bayou La Batre, Alabama, the shrimp fishing town made famous in the movie Forest Gump, saw many of its boats destroyed in the hurricane's violent storm surge.