I think the industry finally gets it. They've lost the connection with the American public, and they've got to rebuild the trust with the American public.

Some 70 percent of Americans donated to Katrina victims.

I think the industry finally gets it. They've lost the connection with the American public, and they've got to rebuild the trust with the American public.

The immediate, highest priority need, in my humble opinion, is that we build quickly the interim structures that can channel water away from population and businesses in the New Orleans area.

You probably have to have redundant levee systems with canals in between them, like the Dutch have, to make sure that incoming water is channeled off to areas where you deal with it rather than have it drown you.

The question is what I wanted to do with the new life God has given me. This is the mission I want to take on.

Half of Louisiana is under water and the other half is under indictment.