Leaving New Orleanshttp://fieldnotes.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/02/1326695.aspxby Contessa Brewer, MSNBC anchor and correspondent I just left New Orleans, drove across Lake Ponchartrain on I-10. The traffic on the freeway was very light, until we hit the other side of the lake. There, authorities had established a checkpoint anden-USCommunityServer 2.0 (Build: 60608.1)Leaving New Orleanshttp://fieldnotes.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/02/1326695.aspx#1327177Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:23:47 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1327177Jenice Robinson, Leesville, LAYes, I want to know about I-12 the bypass of New Orleans and HWY 190, connecting to I-10 pass Lafayette. I need to get back home to Fort Polk, LA. currently I evacuated to Atlanta.Leaving New Orleanshttp://fieldnotes.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/02/1326695.aspx#1330041Wed, 03 Sep 2008 03:57:31 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1330041Renee, Riverside CAHow stressful it must be to go through this year after year after year, praying that each storm is not "The Big One," but realizing that it could be. How can folks afford to keep evacuating, then returning to rebuild? Two weeks ago, I was in New Orleans' French Quarter; businesses in full swing, people celebrating. Now this? And next year, they'll do it all again? I couldn't live like that.