I have stumbled on a blog giving accounts of a group of people in a New Orleans data center (that hosts somethingawful.com). The information provided in this blog is a lot more personal and more "real" than what you would get from CNN or any other new source. These people have been keeping their data center running through the disaster using gas generators and have been helping with what they can to keep order and security and are helping authorities with communications.
mgno.com
They are mentioned in a recent
Wired News Article.